ASIATIC FLYING SQUIRREL

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Meaning:

Nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Asiatic flying squirrel" is a kind of...):

squirrel (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Asiatic flying squirrel"):

flying cat; flying marmot; Petaurista petaurista; taguan (East Indian flying squirrel)

Holonyms ("Asiatic flying squirrel" is a member of...):

Petauristidae; subfamily Petauristidae (Old World flying squirrels)

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