PETAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Petaurus mean? 

• PETAURUS (noun)
  The noun PETAURUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Phalangeridae

  Familiarity information: PETAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Phalangeridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Petaurus; Petaurus

Hypernyms ("Petaurus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Petaurus"):

flying opossum; flying phalanger; flying squirrel (nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body)

Holonyms ("Petaurus" is a member of...):

family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae (phalangers; koalas)