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phascolome Zool.|ˈfæskəʊləʊm|
[ad. mod.L. Phascōlomys, f. as prec. + Gr. µῦς mouse.]
An animal of the marsupial genus Phascolomys, containing the three species of the wombat.
1838Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XVII. 705/2 The phascolome, a species of rat from Australia, which possesses an abdominal pouch. 1842Owen in Ann. Nat. Hist. XI. 7 The largest fossil..indicating rather an extinct gigantic Phascolome. |