colugo

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colugo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Colugo \Co*lu"go\, n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zool.)
     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
     .
     [1913 Webster]

colugo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  colugo
      n 1: 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, colugo]