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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 squirrelplay

  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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