flying mouse

American  

noun

1. pygmy glider.

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Etymology

Origin of flying mouse

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

But Preston’s description of the bats as “stinky flying mice” seems designed to make us recoil in disgust over a custom we don’t understand.

From New York Times

It’s obviously too late for new controls to protect the “flying mouse,” but research by the IUCN’s bumblebee team will now seek to find out how endangered the species has become.

From Scientific American

“In August, it’s bats. Oh my God, they drive me nuts. I call them flying mice.”

From Washington Times

In the meantime, through the little opening which had been made in the pedestal, there slipped out a lizard, after it a snake, then a flying mouse and finally a little devil.

From Project Gutenberg

If he had said that the sea was infested with flying mice, his statement could not have been more effective.

From Project Gutenberg