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Noun: flying cat
  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
    - flying lemur, colugo
     
  2. East Indian flying squirrel
    - taguan, flying marmot, Petaurista petaurista

Derived forms: flying cats

Type of: Asiatic flying squirrel, eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

Part of: Cynocephalus, genus Cynocephalus, genus Petaurista, Petaurista

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