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FAMILY PHALANGERIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Phalangeridae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Phalangeridae" is a member of...):
Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)