flying phalanger

American  

noun

1. any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.

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flying phalanger British  

noun

1. Also called: glider.  any nocturnal arboreal phalanger of the genus Petaurus , of E Australia and New Guinea, having black-striped greyish fur and moving with gliding leaps using folds of skin between the hind limbs and forelimbs

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Example Sentences

There is also the flying phalanger," observed my friend; "an animal of the marsupial order, which is a native of Australia, and somewhat resembles the opossum.

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How admirable is the volplaning of numerous parachutists—"flying fish," "flying frog," "flying dragon," "flying phalanger," "flying squirrel," and more besides, which take great leaps through the air.

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The Australian flying squirrels, or flying phalangers, are marsupials.

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