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FLYING OPOSSUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body

Synonyms:

flying opossum; flying phalanger; flying squirrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("flying opossum" is a kind of...):

opossum; phalanger; possum (small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flying opossum"):

flying mouse (tiny flying phalanger)

Holonyms ("flying opossum" is a member of...):

genus Petaurus; Petaurus (a genus of Phalangeridae)

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