Meanings
nounflying cat (plural flying cats)
plural flying cats
- A colugo or flying lemur in the family Cynocephalidae
Synonyms & antonyms
nounarboreal 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
Similar
nounEast Indian flying squirrel
Similar
Broader
Asiatic flying squirrel
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
flying cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20cat
MLA
“flying cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20cat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flying cat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20cat.
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