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petaurine

petaurine adjective: relating to the possum family Petauridae.

Adjective

petaurine (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the possum family Petauridae.

Noun

petaurine (plural petaurines)

  1. A possum from the taxonomic family Petauridae.
    • The karyotypes of petaurines […]1987, Fauna of Australia, volume 1, page 674

Forms of petaurine

pluralpetaurines

Questions about petaurine

What does petaurine mean?
Petaurine means relating to the possum family Petauridae.
What part of speech is petaurine?
Petaurine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near petaurine in the dictionary

  1. petasus
  2. petaton
  3. petatons
  4. petaurid
  5. petaurids
  6. petaurine
  7. petaurines
  8. petaurist
  9. petauristid
  10. petauristids
  11. petaurists

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