Found 2 items, similar to Phalanger.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: phalanger phalanger n : small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails [syn: opossum, possum]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Phalanger Phalanger \Pha*lan"ger\, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.] (Zo["o]l.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistid[ae]. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger , under Flying. [1913 Webster]