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Webster 1913 Edition


Phalangist

Pha-lan′gist

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Noun.
(Zool.)
Any arboreal marsupial of the genus
Phalangista
. The vulpine phalangist (
Phalangista vulpina
) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.