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Definition of Taguan
1. Noun. East Indian flying squirrel.
Generic synonyms: Asiatic Flying Squirrel
Group relationships: Genus Petaurista, Petaurista
Definition of Taguan
1. n. A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.
Definition of Taguan
1. Noun. flying squirrel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taguan
1. a squirrel [n -S]
Medical Definition of Taguan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Taguan
Literary usage of Taguan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Winners in Life's Race, Or, The Great Backboned Family by Arabella Burton Buckley (1882)
"On the tree, the taguan* or flying squirrel, a rodent; Flying below, the Colugo.t an
insectivorous animal. enemies, except some of the birds of prey and the ..."
2. List of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1843)
"The BRIGHT BAY taguan. PTEROMYS nitidus, Geoff. Desm. Mam. 342. ... The BLACK-EARED
taguan. PTEROMYS melanotis, Gray, PZSoc. 1836, 88. ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... or taguan i Squirrel. Petaurus (qv), commonly the Flying-Squirrel. The species
are— Lesser F.-Ph.— Petaurus breviceps. Papuan Pigmy F.-Ph.— Acrobates ..."
4. Report of the Philippine Commission to the President by United States Philippine Commission, Jacob Gould Schurman, George Dewey, Elwell Stephen Otis, Charles Denby, Dean Conant Worcester (1901)
"The cove of taguan lies 7i miles southeast of Punta del Diablo (Devil's Point).
... of the cove o^ taguan, and opens eastward with good anchoring ground. ..."
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