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Definition of "phalangist" []

  • Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (Phalangista vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "phalangist" in a sentence
  • "Or maybe a Fourierian phalangist, if I can have mine without the anti-Semitism."
  • "A picture of phalangist youth in a 1937 Neolaia article entitled 'New spirit — New directions — New housekeeping in our children's education', which emphasised the role of mothers as 'leaders in the home, guardians of tradition, and breeders of new healthy fighters for the nation'."
  • "Ozymandias was a Lefty in his public hero heyday, but by the time of the main narrative he has become a megalomaniacal quasi-monarch -- an enlightened despot, an embodiment of a phalangist strongman."
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