phalanger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
    opossum; possum.

WordNet

Pha*lan"ger noun
Etymology
Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

Webster 1913