colugo
colugo · colugos · colugo
Riesengleiter
An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera,…An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.
/kəˈluːɡoʊ/
Meaning
1 sensesAn arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.
Riesengleiter
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
Translations
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By meaning 1
arboreal gliding mammal:
Origin
Unknown, possibly from a Malayo-Polynesian language.Unknown, possibly from a Malayo-Polynesian language.
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Forms
plural: colugos / colugoSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in 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:flying lemurflying cat
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular