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    FLYING LEMUR

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 leapsplay

    Synonyms:

    colugo; flying cat; flying lemur

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("flying lemur" is a kind of...):

    eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

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

    Cynocephalus variegatus (a variety of flying lemur)

    Holonyms ("flying lemur" is a member of...):

    Cynocephalus; genus Cynocephalus (type genus of the family Cynocephalidae)

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