flying cat

1. 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

   Synonymsflying lemurcolugo

   Broaderplacental

   NarrowerCynocephalus variegatus

   Part ofCynocephalus
2. 2.

   East Indian flying squirrel

   Synonymstaguanflying marmotPetaurista petaurista

   BroaderAsiatic flying squirrel

   Part ofPetaurista

Questions about flying cat

What does flying cat mean?

flying cat means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for flying cat?

Close synonyms include flying lemur, colugo, taguan, flying marmot, Petaurista petaurista. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flying cat a common word?

flying cat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.