southern flying squirrel

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   small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States

   SynonymsGlaucomys volans

   BroaderAmerican flying squirrel

Questions about southern flying squirrel

What does southern flying squirrel mean?

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

What is another word for southern flying squirrel?

Close synonyms include Glaucomys volans. 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 southern flying squirrel a common word?

southern 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.