HyperDic: phalanger

English > 1 sense of the word phalanger:
NOUNanimalphalanger, opossum, possumsmall furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
English > phalanger: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
Synonymsopossum, possum
Member ofPhalangeridae, family Phalangeridaephalangers
Narrowerbrush-tailed phalanger, Trichosurus vulpeculabushy-tailed phalanger
cuscuswoolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
flying phalanger, flying opossum, flying squirrelnocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
koala, koala bear, kangaroo bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereussluggish / sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat
Broadermarsupial, pouched mammalmammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
Spanishphalangeriformes, phalanger
Catalanphalanger, possum

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