Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Colugo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colugo \Co*lu"go\, n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A peculiar East Indian mammal ({Galleopithecus volans}),
having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a
parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make
long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also {flying
lemur}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
colugo
n : arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the
Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin
on each side from neck to tail that is used for long
gliding leaps [syn: {flying lemur}, {flying cat}]
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