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[syn: flying lemur, flying cat, colugo]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colugo \Co*lu"go\, n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zool.)
A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans),
having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a
parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make
long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying
lemur.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
colugo
n 1: 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 [syn: flying lemur, flying cat, colugo]