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Meanings of flying opossum in English

Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body.

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Examples for "flying phalanger"
Examples for "flying phalanger"
1
None but my hounds, and the flying squirrel I had caught and tamed.
To Have and to Hold
2
He asked his cousins if it was not a flying squirrel.
The Summer Holidays: A Story for Children
3
The flying squirrel is the least interesting and seems stupid.
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
4
With them too was Buttergah, a daughter of the Buggoo or flying squirrel tribe.
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as t...
5
Ayla caught her breath as she watched the flying squirrel avoiding branches and trees.
The Plains of Passage