Phascogale

noun

Phas·​cog·​a·​le

faˈskägə(ˌ)lē

: a genus of small ratlike chiefly arboreal polyprotodont marsupials comprising the broad-footed pouched mice of Australia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Greek phaskōlos pouch + galē weasel

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