Main Entry: pha·lan·ger

Pronunciation: \fə-ˈlan-jər, ˈfā-ˌ\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phalang-, phalanx

Date: circa 1774

: any of various small to medium-sized marsupial mammals (family Phalangeridae) of the Australian region that are chiefly arboreal and nocturnal and usually densely furred