phalangerid
phalangerid noun: any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.
Noun
phalangerid (plural phalangerids)
- Any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.
- Orbital orientation in the slow-moving phalangerid Phalanger maculatus is more primate-like than in other phalangerids, including Pseudocheirus lemuroides, one of the most acrobatic of arboreal marsupials.1972, Matt Cartmill, “4: Arboreal Adaptations and the Origin of Order Primates”, in Russell Tuttle, editor, The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates, published 2009, page 112
- One of these species, Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus), is reported to be the most frugivorous of the eight New Guinean phalangerid species, and is perhaps the most frugivorous of all phalangerids.1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial Nutrition, page 202
Forms of phalangerid
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Origin of phalangerid
From phalanger + -id.
Questions about phalangerid
- What does phalangerid mean?
- Phalangerid means any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.
- What part of speech is phalangerid?
- Phalangerid is a noun.
- What is the plural of phalangerid?
- The plural of phalangerid is phalangerids.
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