PHALANGER


Meaning of PHALANGER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fə-ˈlan-jər, ˈfā-ˌ ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phalang-, phalanx

Date: circa 1774

: any of various small to medium-sized marsupial mammals (family Phalangeridae) of the Australian region that are chiefly arboreal and nocturnal and usually densely furred

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.