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- Ancient Greek · derived fromφάσκωλος“pouch”
- English todayphascolome
Ancient Greek φάσκωλος (pháskōlos, “pouch”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”). Compare Greek φασκωλόμυς (faskolómys, “wombat”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφάσκωλος all →
phascogale
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.