flying squirrel

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noun

any of various nocturnal tree squirrels, as Glaucomys volans, of the eastern U.S., having folds of skin connecting the fore and hind legs, permitting long, gliding leaps.

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Origin of flying squirrel

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby flying squirrel

flying picket, flying saucer, flying shear, flying-spot, flying squad, flying squirrel, flying start, flying tackle, Flying Tigers, flying wedge, flying wing

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How to use flying squirrel in a sentence

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That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
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Inevitably, the old visceral “hands-on” flying skills, no longer much employed by pilots, have atrophied like an unused limb.
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The “pilot flying” was more probably the far less experienced copilot.
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One report has the AirAsia Airbus flying at a speed very close to what would trigger a low speed stall.
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I asked him to tell me how he produced a certain effect he makes in his arrangement of the ballad in Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
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These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
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Pretty well for "a cross between an Astley's chariot, a flying machine and a treadmill."
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British Dictionary definitions for flying squirrel

flying squirrel

noun

any nocturnal sciurine rodent of the subfamily Petauristinae, of Asia and North America. Furry folds of skin between the forelegs and hind legs enable these animals to move by gliding leaps

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