flying phalanger
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Tweet n. Any of several omnivorous arboreal marsupials of the family Petauridae, especially one of the genus Petaurus, native to Australia and New Guinea and having the ability to glide through the air by extending large folds of skin on the sides of the body between the forelegs and hind legs. |
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