petaurine

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English

Adjective

petaurine (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Relating to the possum family Petauridae.

Noun

petaurine (plural petaurines)

  1. (zoology) A possum from the taxonomic family Petauridae.
    • 1987, Fauna of Australia, volume 1, page 674:
      The karyotypes of petaurines []