assapan
assapan noun: the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), found in the southern and eastern United States.
Noun
assapan (plural assapans)
- The southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), found in the southern and eastern United States.
- Other Taguans and Assapans belong to the genus Sciuropterus, or winged squirrels. Like most of the active rodents, the Flying Squirrels are very capable of domestication, and will soon learn to prefer the society of human beings […].1875, John George Wood, Trespassers: showing how the inhabitants of earth, air, and water are enabled to trespass on domains not their own, page 299
- A very keen observation, prolonged for some time, is necessary to follow an Assapan at all, to distinguish and understand the purport of its different movements, […]1896, Brehm's Life of animals, translated from the third German edition by Pechuel-Loesche, Haacke and Schmidtlein, page 312
- Synonyms:
- assapanick
Synonyms of assapan
- assapanick
Forms of assapan
| plural | assapans |
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Origin of assapan
From Eastern Algonquian, probably Powhatan, first recorded as assapanick in 1612.
Questions about assapan
- What does assapan mean?
- Assapan means the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), found in the southern and eastern United States.
- What part of speech is assapan?
- Assapan is a noun.
- What is the plural of assapan?
- The plural of assapan is assapans.
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