flying squirrel

English

Noun

flying squirrel (plural flying squirrels)

A flying squirrel gliding among branches.

Any of 43 species of squirrels from the tribe Pteromyini, which glide from tree to tree.

Derived terms

Translations

squirrel

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鸓 (zh) (lěi), 鼯鼠 (zh) (wúshǔ), 飛鼠 (zh), 飞鼠 (zh) (fēishǔ)
Finnish: liito-orava (fi)
German: Flughörnchen n, Gleithörnchen (de) n
Gujarati: ઉડાણખિસકોલી (uḍāṇkhiskolī)
Irish: iora eitilte m
Japanese: ムササビ (ja) (musasabi)
Korean: 날다람쥐 (naldaramjwi), 하늘다람쥐 (haneuldaramjwi)
Malay: tupai terbang

Mi'kmaq: sasgatu, sasqatu
Navajo: hazéí naatʼáʼii
Portuguese: esquilo voador m
Russian: бе́лка-летя́га f (bélka-letjága)
Spanish: ardilla voladora f
Swedish: flygekorre (sv) c
Tagalog: giggi
Welsh: gwiwer hedegog f

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