Fly'ing-squir'rel, n.

noun

(skwūr'ril, or skwĕr'ril), n. (Zoöl.) A squirrel (the Pteromys volucella) having an expansive skin on each side, reaching from the fore to the hind legs, by which it is borne up in leaping.

☞ The flying-squirrel of New South Wales is a marsupial, the Petaurus sciureus.

An illustration of a flying squirrel with its legs extended and tail spread. — Flying-squirrel (*Pteromys volucella*).