Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying mouse

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing -mouse
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.

noun

An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions.

Example Sentences

"The system I quoted […] was a full system: 486 PC 8megRAM 140HD, 2 DVI boards, 1 Ascension Bird flying mouse (6D mouse with 3 buttons, used for navigation and interaction), 1 VirtualResearch Headmounted display, 1 Logitech Sonic 6D tracker for headmount, Sense8 software and environment."
"My hope is that the system would be as friendly as possible. So, i like ^([sic]) to know how to start looking into possible I/O devices. i.e. flying mouse, voice activated programs, video capture card?..."
"Oh, and those wacky nonstandard mice — including the infamous 3D flying mouse — they need their own software to do their tricks."

Etymology

Compare Russian лету́чая мышь (letúčaja myšʹ, “flying mouse”).

Inflected Forms

flying mice (plural)

Phrases

long-eared flying mouse

Questions

What does flying mouse mean?: Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
Where does flying mouse come from?: Compare Russian лету́чая мышь (letúčaja myšʹ, “flying mouse”).

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