colugo
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of colugo
1885–90; < New Latin, first recorded as colago (1702) and alleged to be < Bisayan
Vocabulary lists containing colugo
Southeast Asia - Middle School
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Southeast Asia - High School
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Example Sentences
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But gliders such as the colugo and flyers such as bats are on completely different branches of the vertebrate tree — and their ecologies are completely different.
From Nature ● Feb. 23, 2016
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