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flying squirrel

n.

Any of various nocturnal squirrels of the genera Pteromys, Petaurista, Glaucomys, and related genera, having membranes along each side of the body between the forelegs and hind legs that enable it to glide between trees.

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Noun

1.

flying squirrel - nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body flying opossum, flying phalanger opossum, phalanger, possum - small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails genus Petaurus, Petaurus - a genus of Phalangeridae flying mouse - tiny flying phalanger