Petaurist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petaurist \Pe*tau"rist\ (p[-e]*t[add]"r[i^]st), n. [L.
     petaurista a ropedancer, Gr. petayristh`s, fr. petayri`zein
     to dance on a rope, fr. pe`tayron a pole, a stage for
     ropedancers: cf. F. p['e]tauriste.] (Zool.)
     Any flying marsupial of the genera {Petaurus}, {Phalangista},
     {Acrobata}, and allied genera. See {Flying mouse}, under


     {Flying}, and {Phalangister}.
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