phascolome
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek φασκωλός (phaskōlós, “pouch”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”)
Noun
phascolome (plural phascolomes)
- (zoology) A marsupial of the former genus Phascolomys; a wombat.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phascolome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fas.kɔ.lɔm/
Noun
phascolome m (plural phascolomes)
- (dated) wombat
- Synonym: wombat
Further reading
- “phascolome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.