Definition of Flying Phalanger in English :

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Flying Phalanger meaning in English

Meaning of Flying Phalanger in English

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Flying Phalanger

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Noun

1. flying opossum, flying phalanger, flying squirrel

nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body

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Flying Phalanger

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noun
any nocturnal arboreal phalanger of the genus Petaurus, of E Australia and New Guinea, having black-striped greyish fur and moving with gliding leaps using folds of skin between the hind limbs and forelimbs
. Also called: glider

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Flying Phalanger

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any of several phalangers (family Petauridae) with a thin membrane along the sides of the body that enables them to make long, gliding leaps

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Flying Phalanger

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n.
Any of several omnivorous arboreal marsupials of the family Petauridae, especially one of the genus Petaurus, native to Australia and New Guinea and having the ability to glide through the air by extending large folds of skin on the sides of the body between the forelegs and hind legs.

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