Definition of Flying mouse

1. Noun. Tiny flying phalanger.


Definition of Flying mouse

1. Noun. Any species of rodent in the family ''Idiurus'', which have the ability to glide. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flying Mouse

flying jib boom
flying jib booms
flying jibs
flying kiss
flying kisses
flying lemur
flying lemurs
flying lizard
flying machine
flying mare
flying marmot
flying meet
flying meets
flying mice
flying monkeys
flying mouse
flying opossum
flying phalanger
flying purple people eater
flying purple people eaters
flying rat
flying rats
flying reptile
flying robin
flying saucer
flying saucers
flying school
flying sport
flying sports
flying spot microscope

Literary usage of Flying mouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"They include the so-called Flying-Squirrel, Flying-Mouse, etc. There are three genera— Acrobates (qv), called the Flying- Mouse, and Opossum-Mouse (qv). ..."

2. Some Curious Flyers, Creepers and Swimmers by James Johonnot (1888)
"THE flying mouse. 1. MOST people, if asked the question, What is a bat? would be likely to say that it is a kind of bird. But there is nothing about the bat ..."

3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"... flying mouse (Petaurus one of the Australian species is scarcely larger than a mouse, and is called flying mouse. ..."

4. A Boy's Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: Or, Herbert's Note-book by William Howitt (1855)
"Mr. B. has painted the portrait of a flying mouse which we caught: he is always making sketches; ... This flying mouse that he drew came out of the bushes, ..."

5. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1875)
"These general observations, together with the conduct of the spermatic elements of the flying mouse, show that the central thread must be a peculiar element ..."

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