PETAURIST
Etymology
Noun
petaurist (plural petaurists)
(zoology) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurista, Phalanger, Acrobates, and allied genera.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*tau"rist, n. Etym: [L. petaurista a ropedancer, Gr. pƩtauriste.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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