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FLYING OPOSSUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flying opossum mean?
• FLYING OPOSSUM (noun)
The noun FLYING OPOSSUM has 1 sense:
1. nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
Familiarity information: FLYING OPOSSUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
flying opossum; flying phalanger; flying squirrel
Hypernyms ("flying opossum" is a kind of...):
opossum; phalanger; possum (small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flying opossum"):
flying mouse (tiny flying phalanger)
Holonyms ("flying opossum" is a member of...):
genus Petaurus; Petaurus (a genus of Phalangeridae)
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