PETAURISTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Petauristidae mean? 

• PETAURISTIDAE (noun)
  The noun PETAURISTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. Old World flying squirrels

  Familiarity information: PETAURISTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETAURISTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World flying squirrels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Petauristidae; subfamily Petauristidae

Hypernyms ("Petauristidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Petauristidae"):

Asiatic flying squirrel (nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps)

genus Petaurista; Petaurista (very large Asiatic flying squirrels)

Holonyms ("Petauristidae" is a member of...):

family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)