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PETAURISTA PETAURISTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Petaurista petaurista mean?
• PETAURISTA PETAURISTA (noun)
The noun PETAURISTA PETAURISTA has 1 sense:
1. East Indian flying squirrel
Familiarity information: PETAURISTA PETAURISTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PETAURISTA PETAURISTA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian flying squirrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
flying cat; flying marmot; Petaurista petaurista; taguan
Hypernyms ("Petaurista petaurista" is a kind of...):
Asiatic flying squirrel (nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps)
Holonyms ("Petaurista petaurista" is a member of...):
genus Petaurista; Petaurista (very large Asiatic flying squirrels)
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