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Petauristidae

noun

Old World flying squirrels

• Syn: ↑subfamily Petauristidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuridae, ↑family Sciuridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Asiatic flying squirrel, ↑Petaurista, ↑genus Petaurista

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\\-təˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Petaurista + -idae

in some classifications : a family of rodents comprising the flying squirrels but now usually regarded as constituting a subfamily of Sciuridae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.