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Phalanger

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Noun

1. opossum, phalanger, possum

small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

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Phalanger

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noun
any 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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Phalanger

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noun
a member of any of various families of small, plant-eating Australian marsupials (order Diprotodontia), living chiefly in trees and often having bushy, prehensile tails, including flying phalangers and cuscuses

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Phalanger

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n.
Any of various small arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae of New Guinea, Australia, and adjacent islands, having a long tail and dense woolly fur.

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