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English Dictionary: phalanger by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phalanger
n
  1. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
    Synonym(s): phalanger, opossum, possum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phalanger \Pha*lan"ger\, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See {Phalanx}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any marsupial belonging to {Phalangista}, {Cuscus},
      {Petaurus}, and other genera of the family
      {Phalangistid[91]}. They are arboreal, and the species of
      {Petaurus} are furnished with lateral parachutes. See {Flying
      phalanger}, under {Flying}.
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