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PHALANGERIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Phalangers; koalas

Synonyms:

family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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