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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHALANGER

Via New Latin from Greek phalaggion spider's web, referring to its webbed hind toes.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHALANGER

phalanger  [fəˈlændʒə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHALANGER

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Phalanger is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHALANGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phalanger

Phalanger, from the Greek Phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed toes is a genus of possum. They are marsupials of the family Phalangeridae. It is one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses. In Australia and Tasmania, however, they are called possums. ▪ Genus Phalanger ▪ Gebe cuscus, P. alexandrae ▪ Mountain cuscus, P. carmelitae ▪ Ground cuscus, P. gymnotis ▪ Eastern common cuscus, P. intercastellanus ▪ Woodlark cuscus, P. lullulae ▪ Blue-eyed cuscus, P. matabiru ▪ Telefomin cuscus, P. matanim ▪ Southern common cuscus, P. mimicus ▪ Northern common cuscus, P. orientalis ▪ Ornate cuscus, P. ornatus ▪ Rothschild's cuscus, P. rothschildi ▪ Silky cuscus, P. sericeus ▪ Stein's cuscus, P. vestitus ▪ Spotted cuscus, P. maculatus...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHALANGER


avenger
əˈvendʒə
challenger
ˈtʃælɪndʒə
changer
ˈtʃeɪndʒə
danger
ˈdeɪndʒə
exchanger
ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒə
flanger
ˈflændʒə
ganja
ˈɡɑːndʒə
ginger
ˈdʒɪndʒə
grandeur
ˈɡrændʒə
granger
ˈɡreɪndʒə
hydrangea
haɪˈdreɪndʒə
manger
ˈmeɪndʒə
messenger
ˈmɛsɪndʒə
ninja
ˈnɪndʒə
Nyanja
ˈnjændʒə
passenger
ˈpæsɪndʒə
ranger
ˈreɪndʒə
scavenger
ˈskævɪndʒə
stranger
ˈstreɪndʒə
zanja
ˈzændʒə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHALANGER

phalangal
phalange
phalangeal
phalanges
phalangid
Phalangist
phalansterian
phalansteries
phalansterism
phalansterist
phalanstery
phalanx
phalarope
phalli
phallic
phallic symbol
phallically
phallicism
phallicist
phallin

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHALANGER

anger
banger
Boulanger
bushranger
cliffhanger
dog in the manger
dog-in-the-manger
endanger
Erlanger
etranger
Feuchtwanger
finger
forest ranger
ganger
handlanger
hanger
heat exchanger
langer
sanger
Stavanger
stranger danger

Synonyms and antonyms of phalanger in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phalanger» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHALANGER

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Translator English - Chinese

phalanger
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Phalanger
570 millions of speakers

English

phalanger
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phalanger
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

phalanger
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Phalanger
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phalanger
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phalanger
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Phalanger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phalanger
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phalanger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phalanger
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phalanger
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phalanger
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

phalanger
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phalanger
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फलांजर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phalanger
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phalanger
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Phalanger
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Phalanger
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Phalanger
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

phalanger
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

phalanger
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

phalanger
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

phalanger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phalanger

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHALANGER»

The term «phalanger» is normally little used and occupies the 112.158 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHALANGER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phalanger

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHALANGER»

Discover the use of phalanger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phalanger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands
Ground Cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis) Torricelli Mountains, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. This large cuscus sleeps by day in hollows on the ground. Within the region it is thus far recorded only from the Aru Islands, Irian jaya.
Tim Fridtjof Flannery, 1995
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
Phaenomys ferrugineus 400 5221 5222 5224 5227 Phaenomys ferrugineus Rodentia - Muridae e Rio de Janeiro Rice Rat; Rio Rice Rat; Rio de Janeiro Arboreal Rice Rat; Rio de Janeiro Arboreal Rat d Rio-Reisratte Phalanger Diprotodontia ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic ...
Phalanger Storr, 1780. Prodr. Meth. Mammal., p. 38. type species: Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766. synonyms: Balantia Illiger, 1811; Coescoes Lacépède, 1799; Cuscus Lesson, 1826; Phalangista E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire and G. Cuvier, 1795; ...
Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, 2005
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Australian Mammal Society
incorrectly labelled. Only 13 chromosomes are present in this figure, the Y chromosome being absent and the X chromosome being labelled as the Y. Chromosome banding results emphasise the conservative nature of Phalanger karyotypes.
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Australasian Marsupials and Monotremes: An Action Plan for ...
... genus Phalanger) Ground cuscus, Phalanger gymnotis Common spotted cuscus, Spilocuscus maculatus Grey or common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis Black-spotted cuscus, Spilocuscus rufoniger Stein's cuscus, Phalanger vestitus Waigeo ...
Michael Kennedy, IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group, 1992
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Mammals of the World: A Checklist
Australia) Q Spilocuscus papuensis Waigeo Cuscus Waigeo (New Guinea) Q Spilocuscus rufoniger Black-spotted Cuscus Undisturbed forests of N New Guinea; Endangered Q Phalanger alexandrae Gebe Cuscus Gebe (N Moluccas) Q ...
Andrew Duff, Ann Lawson, 2004
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Library of Natural History
In the first group, as represented by the Herbert river phalanger (Pseudoc/zz'ms herbeflmsz's), and the widely-spread ring-tailed phalanger (P. peregrz'nus), first discovered by Captain Cook, the ears are of medium length, and longer than ...
Richard Lydekker, 1904
8
The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America
Subkam. Tarsipedina>. Tarsipedes. Tarsipes. Long-snouted Phalanger. Austral. Subfam. Phalangerinae. Phalangers. Acrobates. Pigmy Flying Phalanger. Austral . Distachuru*. Pen-tailed Phalanger. New Guin. Dromicia. Dormouse Phalanger.
Henry Fairfield Osborn, 1921
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An Encyclopedia of Natural History
... 300 PhalangerS; The, 200 Phalanger, Common, 200 Phalanger, Dormouse, 202 Phalanger, Flying, 202 Phalanger, Flying, Taguan, 201 Phalanger, Leadbeater's, 201 Phalanger, Long-snouted, 203- Phalanger maculatus, 200 Phalanger, ...
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Wild Life of the World: A Descriptive Survey of the ...
The short-eared phalanger (T. caninus), which has smaller and more rounded ears, is a native of southern Queensland and New South Wales, where it frequents the scrub in preference to trees. It is a nocturnal animal, closely resembling the ...
Richard Lydekker, 1916

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHALANGER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phalanger is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top scientists raise concerns over commercial logging on Woodlark …
The forty-plus endemic species are found on an island just a little larger than New York City, and include the Woodlark cuscus (Phalanger ... «Mongabay.com, Oct 14»
2
Winter Olympics 2014: Boarders, bobs and bowling on ice - what to …
Hurl yourself down a 90m ramp that rises sharply at the end and then hold yourself motionless and glide through the air like a flying phalanger ... «The Independent, Feb 14»
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Through careful management, indigenous people have shaped …
In addition to active forest management, the authors note that genetic analysis of cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) and warty pigs (Sus celebensis) ... «Mongabay.com, Jan 14»
4
The Daily Cute: This Adorable Puppy Is Not a Metaphor
Detective honors to Daily Cute reader Dave for correctly (as far as I can tell) identifying a flying phalanger when he saw one, and to Edward for ... «PARADE, May 13»
5
Replacing Native PHP4 Extensions with Managed Extensions
Phalanger, the PHP runtime for .NET and Mono, has reached a significant milestone with the eleven popular PHP extensions being replaced ... «InfoQ.com, Mar 13»
6
An ancient marsupial - Wynyardia: c. 23 million years old
Studies have indicated, however, that the marsupial was similar to that of a phalanger - a genus of possum - but it is of a larger and stouter build ... «ABC Online, Feb 13»
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Known From Fossils First
Broom tentatively called it a phalanger, but based on its odd combination of anatomical features, he also proposed it could be a missing link ... «PLoS Blogs, Jan 13»
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Buton Island: The hidden gem of the east
... pearl farm and the Lambusango conservation forest, which is a home to the anoa, or dwarf buffalo, phalanger possums and tarsius monkeys. «Jakarta Post, Dec 12»
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Picture: Tiny puggle rescued from side of road
Picture: An adorable phalanger in a zoo · > Picture: An adorable gray mouse lemur. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+. «Digital Spy UK, Oct 12»
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Voici les résultats complets des 9es boucles fédinoises disputées ce …
Jacques Hanssens (Phalanger) 1h3'56''; 366. Cyrille Gackel (Mittelschaeffolsheim) 1h4'14''; 367. Tony Klein (Vendenheim) 1h4'15''; 368. «L'Alsace.fr, Oct 12»

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