American flying squirrel

/əˌmɛrəkən flaɪɪŋ ˌskwʌr(ə)l/
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Other forms: American flying squirrels

Definitions of American flying squirrel
  1. noun
    New World flying squirrels
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    types:
    Glaucomys volans, southern flying squirrel
    small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States
    Glaucomys sabrinus, northern flying squirrel
    large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada
    type of:
    squirrel
    a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
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