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FLYING CAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian flying squirrel
Synonyms:
flying cat; flying marmot; Petaurista petaurista; taguan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flying cat" is a kind of...):
Asiatic flying squirrel (nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps)
Holonyms ("flying cat" is a member of...):
genus Petaurista; Petaurista (very large Asiatic flying squirrels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
Synonyms:
colugo; flying cat; flying lemur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("flying cat" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flying cat"):
Cynocephalus variegatus (a variety of flying lemur)
Holonyms ("flying cat" is a member of...):
Cynocephalus; genus Cynocephalus (type genus of the family Cynocephalidae)
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