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Noun: phalanger  fu'lan-ju(r)
  1. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long, usually prehensile tails
    "The sugar glider is a well-known type of phalanger";
    - opossum [Austral, NZ], possum

Derived forms: phalangers

Type of: marsupial, pouched mammal

Part of: family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae

Encyclopedia: Phalanger