Definitions for phalanger

phalanger pha·lan·ger

Spelling: [fuh-lan-jer]
IPA: /fəˈlæn dʒər/

Phalanger is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 383 anagrams from letters in phalanger (aaeghlnpr).

Definitions for phalanger

noun

  1. any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.

Origin of phalanger

1765-75; French (Buffon) or New Latin (1780) Greek phalang-, stem of phálanx phalanx + New Latin -er, of unclear orig.; the name refers to the syndactylous 2nd and

Examples for phalanger

This view is in apparent contradiction to an interesting discovery in a specimen of a phalanger by Dr. Klaatsch.

The animal, as was pointed out by Dr. Gray, looks very much like a phalanger.

At Rawak the phalanger and the sheepdog in a wild state were the only quadrupeds met with.

The lower jaw has quite the appearance of that of a Macropus or phalanger, with long and forwardly projecting incisors.

Word Value for phalanger
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