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phalangerids

phalangerids is the plural of phalangerid.

Meaning of phalangerid

Noun

phalangerid (plural phalangerids)

  1. 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

Questions about phalangerids

What is phalangerids the plural of?
Phalangerids is the plural of phalangerid.

Words near phalangerids in the dictionary

  1. phalangeal
  2. phalangeals
  3. phalangectomy
  4. phalanger
  5. phalangerid
  6. phalangerids
  7. phalangeriform
  8. phalangeriforms
  9. phalangers
  10. phalanges
  11. phalangette

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