pleuroptera

from The Century Dictionary.

• A group of mammals, containing such as the Galeopithecidæ, or so-called flying-lemurs (of the order Insectivora): so named from the lateral extension of the skin, which forms a kind of parachute. See cut under Galeopithecus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.