petaurist
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin petaurista (“a ropedancer, acrobat”), from Ancient Greek πετευριστής (peteuristḗs), from πετευρίζομαι (peteurízomai, “dance on a rope”), from πέτευρον (péteuron, “a pole, a stage for ropedancers”)
Noun edit
petaurist (plural petaurists)
- (zoology) Any flying marsupial of the order Phalangeriformes, such as those in genera Petaurista, Phalanger, Acrobates.
- Synonym: flying phalanger
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Phalangeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Phalangeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Phalangeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “petaurist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.