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PHALANGERIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phalangeridae mean?
• PHALANGERIDAE (noun)
The noun PHALANGERIDAE has 1 sense:
1. phalangers; koalas
Familiarity information: PHALANGERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Phalangers; koalas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae
Hypernyms ("Phalangeridae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Phalangeridae"):
opossum; phalanger; possum (small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails)
genus Phalanger (type genus of the family Phalangeridae: cuscuses)
genus Trichosurus; Trichosurus; genus Petaurus; Petaurus; Acrobates; genus Acrobates (a genus of Phalangeridae)
genus Phascolarctos; Phascolarctos (koalas)
Holonyms ("Phalangeridae" is a member of...):
Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)
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