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GENUS PHALANGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phalanger mean?
• GENUS PHALANGER (noun)
The noun GENUS PHALANGER has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Phalangeridae: cuscuses
Familiarity information: GENUS PHALANGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Phalangeridae: cuscuses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Phalanger" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phalanger"):
cuscus (woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia)
Holonyms ("genus Phalanger" is a member of...):
family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae (phalangers; koalas)
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