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Definition of Phalanger
1. Noun. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
Generic synonyms: Marsupial, Pouched Mammal
Group relationships: Family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae
Specialized synonyms: Cuscus, Brush-tailed Phalanger, Trichosurus Vulpecula, Flying Opossum, Flying Phalanger, Flying Squirrel, Kangaroo Bear, Koala, Koala Bear, Native Bear, Phascolarctos Cinereus
Definition of Phalanger
1. n. Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.
Definition of Phalanger
1. Noun. An arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phalanger
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Medical Definition of Phalanger
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalanger
Literary usage of Phalanger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"Lastly, the aberrant long- snouted phalanger ... which was a gigantic phalanger
comparable in size to a large leopard, and distinguished by the great ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"They have seven pairs of check-teeth, of which the four last ait oblong and
four-cusped; and the first lower incisor is longer than ta any other phalanger. ..."
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