flying marmot

flying marmot
noun
East Indian flying squirrel
Hypernyms: ↑Asiatic flying squirrel
Member Holonyms: ↑Petaurista, ↑genus Petaurista

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noun
: taguan; broadly : any of various large flying squirrels of the genus Petaurista

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