Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the large Asiatic and East Indian flying-squirrels of the genus Pteromys, in a strict sense, as P. petaurista.
- n. A flying-phalanger or petaurist. See cut under Petaurista.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.
WordNet 3.0
- n. East Indian flying squirrel
Etymologies
- From the native name in the East Indies. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The species mentioned in the text may have been the sciurus petaurista of Linnaeus, the taguan, flying-cat, flying-hare, or Indian flying-squirrel of various authors.”
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08
“Or as this one equity fixed loan rate taguan from the aslope dabchick mandrel, they were put protectively by naked anemone, the bonemeal are man senior, in a lab, he fill they are a dhow.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘taguan’.
-
• De rerum natura
What is this list about?
Interesting words in nature and natural science (in any language!).
What kind of words am I supposed to add?
You can add species names that you lov...lagerstätte, parthenogenesis, bushbaby, lepidoptera, dinoflagellate, pupation, chrysalis, ephemeroptera, deinococcus radio..., homoplasy, sciophilous, syncytium and 218 more...
-
Squirrels! Squirrels! Squirrels!
All squirrels, all the time.
(For a more specific list about the squirrels in my neighborhood, see here.)squirrel, squirrels, pink squirrel, Squirrel Nut Zippers, ground squirrel, Sciuridae, parka squirrel, Rocket J. Squirrel, Rocky the Flying ..., moiré squirrel, suslik, mantled ground sq... and 66 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for taguan.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.