Phalangista

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek φαλάγγιον (phalángion, “spider's web”) + -ista (“genus suffix”), from φάλαγξ (phálanx, “spider”)

Proper noun

Phalangista f

  1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Phalangeridae – some of the possums also called cuscuses, now in several other genera in the Phalangeriformes..

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