'Flying lemur' definitions:
Definition of 'flying lemur'
(from WordNet)
noun
Arboreal 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 [syn: flying lemur, flying cat, colugo]
Definition of 'Flying lemur'
From: GCIDE
- Flying lemur \Fly"ing le"mur\ (Zool.) either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East Indies (Cynocephalus variegatus) or the Phillipines (Cynocephalus volans) having broad folds of skin between the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the body allowing them to make long gliding leaps; they have been classed in the separate order Dermoptera. They are arboreal and have become rare. [PJC]
Definition of 'flying lemur'
From: GCIDE
- Colugo \Co*lu"go\, n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zool.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also {flying lemur}. [1913 Webster]