colugo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Malayo-Polynesian language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
colugo (plural colugos or colugo)
- An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae native to Southeast Asia.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 258:
- Colugos, our closest living non-primate relatives, are able to glide as much as 150 metres (more than 490 feet) between trees.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
arboreal gliding mammal
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Malayo-Polynesian language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
colugo m (plural colughi)
- Synonym of cinocefalo
Further reading[edit]
- colugo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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