FLYING SQUIRREL


Meaning of FLYING SQUIRREL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1591

: either of two small nocturnal North American squirrels ( Glaucomys volans and G. sabrinus ) with folds of skin connecting the forelegs and hind legs that enable it to make long gliding leaps ; also : any of various squirrels that possess a patagium

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