Noun: flying squirrel 'flI-ing'skwu-rul
- Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
"The flying squirrel glided silently from tree to tree in the moonlight";
- flying phalanger, flying opossum
Derived forms: flying squirrels
Type of: opossum [Austral, NZ], phalanger, possum
Part of: genus Petaurus, Petaurus
Encyclopedia: Flying squirrel