northern flying squirrel

1. 1.

   large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada

   SynonymsGlaucomys sabrinus

   BroaderAmerican flying squirrel

Questions about northern flying squirrel

What does northern flying squirrel mean?

northern flying squirrel means "large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada".

What is another word for northern flying squirrel?

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

northern flying squirrel 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.