n.
the general name for a Flying-Phalanger (q.v.), Flying-Opossum (q.v.), Australian Flying-Squirrel (q.v.). (Grk. petauristaes, a rope-dancer or tumbler).See Petaurus.
·noun Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. ·see Fl...
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