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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 bodyplay

  Familiarity information: FLYING OPOSSUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLYING OPOSSUM (noun)


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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