Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying lemur

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing le-mur
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A colugo (family spp.), having membranes between the front and hind legs similar to those of flying squirrels.

Example Sentences

"Flying lemurs do not fly (they glide) and are not lemurs: the nature of their relationship to primates (and to bats and treeshrews, with which they also share characteristics) is the subject of ongoing debate and research."
"Another curious animal, which I had met with in Singapore and in Borneo, but which was more abundant here, is the Galeopithecus, or flying lemur. This creature has a broad membrane extending all around its body to the extremities of the toes, and to the point of the rather long tail. This enables it to pass obliquely through the air from one tree to another."

Inflected Forms

flying lemurs (plural)

Phrases

Malaysian flying lemur Philippine flying lemur Sunda flying lemur

Synonyms

flying cat colugo

Questions

What does flying lemur mean?: A colugo (family spp.), having membranes between the front and hind legs similar to those of flying squirrels.

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