n.
Pronunciation: f ə - ' lan-j ə r, ' f ā - ˌ
Function: 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