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    FLYING OPOSSUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    flying opossum; flying phalanger; flying squirrel

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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