Colugo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colugo
       n : 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}]