What is "phalanger"

Phalanger \Pha*lan"ger\, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.] (Zo["o]l.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistid[ae]. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

n. An arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.

n. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails [syn: opossum, possum]

Phalanger is a project which was started at Charles University in Prague and was supported by Microsoft. It compiles source code written in the PHP scripting language into CIL byte-code. It handles the beginning of a compiling process which is completed by the JIT compiler component of the .NET Framework. It does not address native code generation nor optimization. Its purpose is to compile PHP scripts into .NET assemblies, logical units containing CIL code and meta-data.

Phalanger, from the Greek Phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes is a genus of possum. They are marsupials of the family Phalangeridae. It is one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses. In Australia, however, they are called possums.

• Genus Phalanger
  • Gebe cuscus, P. alexandrae
  • Mountain cuscus, P. carmelitae
  • Ground cuscus, P. gymnotis
  • Eastern common cuscus, P. intercastellanus
  • Woodlark cuscus, P. lullulae
  • Blue-eyed cuscus, P. matabiru
  • Telefomin cuscus, P. matanim
  • Southern common cuscus, P. mimicus
  • Northern common cuscus, P. orientalis
  • Ornate cuscus, P. ornatus
  • Rothschild's cuscus, P. rothschildi
  • Silky cuscus, P. sericeus
  • Stein's cuscus, P. vestitus
  • Spotted cuscus, P. maculatus

Phalanger may refer to:

• Phalanger, a genus of possum in the family Phalangeridae
• Sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps, also known as the Lesser Flying Phalanger
• Squirrel glider, Petaurus norfolcensis, also known as the Squirrel Flying Phalanger
• Feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus, also known as the Pygmy Phalanger
• Greater glider, Petauroides volans, also known as the Greater Flying Phalanger
• Phalanger (compiler), a PHP compiler