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Acrobates

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n.1.a genus of mammals.
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Noun1.Acrobates - a genus of PhalangeridaeAcrobates - a genus of Phalangeridae            
genus Acrobates
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae - phalangers; koalas
flying mouse - tiny flying phalanger
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Acrobates XIII and To Be Dempsey (a boxer) recall Michelangelo's Dying Slave.
Unmasked: GEORGES ROUAULT AT BOSTON COLLEGE by O'Donovan, Leo J. / Commonweal
Les Acrobates (1926) conjoins three overlaid drawings of men, in watercolor and pencil: one a Picassoesque neoclassical figure, the second a Matissean line drawing of a figure seen from behind, and the third a muscled athlete in a Tarzan loincloth holding a pose reminiscent of Zeus with his lightning bolts.
"Francis Picabia: Late Paintings" by Kunitz, Daniel / New Criterion
 
 
 
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