glaucomys volans

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   small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States

   Synonymssouthern flying squirrel

   BroaderAmerican flying squirrel

Questions about glaucomys volans

What does glaucomys volans mean?

glaucomys volans means "small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States".

What is another word for glaucomys volans?

Close synonyms include southern 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 volans a common word?

glaucomys volans 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.