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Definition of: phalanger
(fə·lan′jər) noun
Any one of a family (Phalangeridae) of small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, having long tails, often prehensile: also called possum. [<NL <phalanges, plural of phalanx phalanx (def. 3); in ref. to the peculiarly constructed phalanges of its hind feet]
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