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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying squirrel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
fly-ing squir-rel
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of 43 species of squirrel-like rodents, which glide from tree to tree:

noun

Any of 43 species of squirrel-like rodents, which glide from tree to tree:

Inflected Forms

flying squirrels (plural)

Phrases

Beecroft's flying squirrel dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel Humboldt's flying squirrel lesser pygmy flying squirrel Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel New World flying squirrel northern flying squirrel Pel's flying squirrel

Frequently Paired Words

Phalangeriformes

Synonyms

flying phalanger flying opossum

Questions

What does flying squirrel mean?
Any of 43 species of squirrel-like rodents, which glide from tree to tree:

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