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. pétauriste.] (Zoöl.)

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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