colugo

American

[kuh-loo-goh] / kəˈlu goʊ /

noun

plural

colugos

flying lemur.

colugo British

/ kəˈluːɡəʊ /

noun

another name for flying lemur

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Etymology

Origin of colugo

1885–90; < New Latin, first recorded as colago (1702) and alleged to be < Bisayan

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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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