English Explanatory Dictionary

flying squirrel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of 43 species of squirrel-like rodents, which glide from tree to tree:
  2. The tribe Pteromyini within the family Sciuridae, which are true squirrels.
  3. The family Anomaluridae, which are only distantly related to the squirrels.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flying squirrel.wav

Word forms

flying squirrel flying squirrels

Related words

Phalangeriformes

Derived words

Beecroft's flying squirrel dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel Humboldt's flying squirrel lesser pygmy flying squirrel Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel New World flying squirrel northern flying squirrel Pel's flying squirrel pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel red giant flying squirrel Siberian flying squirrel southern flying squirrel spotted giant flying squirrel

Translations

Assamese: বাংকেক Catalan: esquirol volador Chickasaw: pali' Literary Chinese: 鸓 Literary Chinese: 鼺 Chinese Mandarin: 鸓 /𱊳 Chinese Mandarin: 鼯鼠 Chinese Mandarin: 飛鼠 /飞鼠 Czech: poletucha Danish: flyveegern Esperanto: flugsciuro Finnish: liito-orava Finnish: liituri Finnish: leijuri Finnish: suomuhäntäorava French: écureuil volant French: polatouche Georgian: მფრინავი ციყვი German: Flughörnchen German: Gleithörnchen Gujarati: ઉડાણખિસકોલી Irish: iora eitilte Italian: anomaluro Japanese: ムササビ Kanakanabu: rarʉ Korean: 날다람쥐 Korean: 하늘다람쥐 Malay: tupai terbang Mi'kmaq: sasgatu Mi'kmaq: sasqatu Navajo: hazéí naatʼáʼii Polish: polatucha Portuguese: esquilo voador Russian: бе́лка-летя́га Saaroa: laarʉ Spanish: ardilla voladora Swedish: flygekorre Tagalog: giggi Tamil: பறக்கும் அணில் Thai: กระรอกบิน Tibetan: བྱ་མ་བྱི Tsou: evoyʉ Turkish: uçan sincap Vietnamese: sóc bay Welsh: gwiwer hedegog
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