Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the large Asiatic and East Indian flying-squirrels of the genus Pteromys, in a strict sense, as P. petaurista.
  • noun A flying-phalanger or petaurist. See cut under Petaurista.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun flying squirrel

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun East Indian flying squirrel

Etymologies

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From the native name in the East Indies.

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Examples

  • The species mentioned in the text may have been the sciurus petaurista of Linnaeus, the taguan, flying-cat, flying-hare, or Indian flying-squirrel of various authors.

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

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