HyperDic: flying_lemur

English > 1 sense of the expression flying lemur:
NOUNanimalflying lemur, flying cat, colugoarboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
English > flying lemur: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningarboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps.
Synonymsflying cat, colugo
Member ofCynocephalus, genus Cynocephalustype genus of the family Cynocephalidae
NarrowerCynocephalus variegatusA variety of flying lemur
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Spanishcolugo, dermoptera, dermóptero, lemúrido, lémur volador
Catalanlèmur, maqui

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict