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flying mouse

flying mouse noun: any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.

flying mouse: any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the...
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Noun

flying mouse (plural flying mice)

  1. Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
  2. An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions.
    • The system I quoted […] was a full system: 486 PC 8megRAM 140HD, 2 DVI boards, 1 Ascension Bird flying mouse (6D mouse with 3 buttons, used for navigation and interaction), 1 VirtualResearch Headmounted display, 1 Logitech Sonic 6D tracker for headmount, Sense8 software and environment.1992, Maurice Sharp, “INDUSTRY: VPL's MicroCosm - Clarification from VPL”, in sci.virtual-worlds (Usenet)
    • My hope is that the system would be as friendly as possible. So, i like ^([sic]) to know how to start looking into possible I/O devices. i.e. flying mouse, voice activated programs, video capture card?...1993, ala...@cerritos.edu, “Help! PC System Configuration”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware (Usenet)

Forms of flying mouse

pluralflying mice

Origin of flying mouse

Compare Russian лету́чая мышь (letúčaja myšʹ, “flying mouse”).

Words formed from flying mouse

  • long-eared flying mouse

Questions about flying mouse

What does flying mouse mean?
Flying mouse means any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
What part of speech is flying mouse?
Flying mouse is a noun.
What is the plural of flying mouse?
The plural of flying mouse is flying mice.

Words near flying mouse in the dictionary

  1. flying mares
  2. flying meet
  3. flying meets
  4. flying mice
  5. flying monkeys
  6. flying mouse
  7. flying off
  8. flying off at a tangent
  9. flying off the handle
  10. flying off the shelves
  11. flying officer

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