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Phascolarctos

noun

koalas

• Syn: ↑genus Phascolarctos

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Phalangeridae, ↑family Phalangeridae

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\\ˌfaskōˈlärktəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phaskōlos pouch + arktos bear — more at arctic

: a genus comprising the koala and formerly regarded as the type of a distinct family but now usually referred to the Phalangeridae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.