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phalanger
[ fuh-lan-jer ]
noun
- any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
phalanger
/ fəˈlændʒə /
noun
- See flying phalangerany of various Australasian arboreal marsupials, such as Trichosurus vulpecula ( brush-tailed phalanger ), having dense fur and a long tail: family Phalangeridae Also called (Austral. and NZ)possum See also flying phalanger
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Example Sentences
The vulpine phalanger does duty for a fox; the fat and sleepy little dormouse phalanger takes the place of a European dormouse.
At Rawak the phalanger and the sheepdog in a wild state were the only quadrupeds met with.
This view is in apparent contradiction to an interesting discovery in a specimen of a Phalanger by Dr. Klaatsch.
The lower jaw has quite the appearance of that of a Macropus or Phalanger, with long and forwardly projecting incisors.
The animal, as was pointed out by Dr. Gray, looks very much like a Phalanger.
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