Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Phalanger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phalanger \Pha*lan"ger\, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See {Phalanx}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any marsupial belonging to {Phalangista}, {Cuscus},
{Petaurus}, and other genera of the family
{Phalangistid[ae]}. They are arboreal, and the species of
{Petaurus} are furnished with lateral parachutes. See {Flying
phalanger}, under {Flying}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phalanger
n : small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long
usually prehensile tails [syn: {opossum}, {possum}]
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