glaucomys sabrinus

1. 1.

   large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada

   Synonymsnorthern flying squirrel

   BroaderAmerican flying squirrel

Questions about glaucomys sabrinus

What does glaucomys sabrinus mean?

glaucomys sabrinus means "large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada".

What is another word for glaucomys sabrinus?

Close synonyms include northern flying squirrel. 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 glaucomys sabrinus a common word?

glaucomys sabrinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.