Word.ws English Dictionary

Humboldt's flying squirrel

Humboldt's flying squirrel noun: a New World flying squirrel of the species Glaucomys oregonensis.

Noun

Humboldt's flying squirrel (plural Humboldt's flying squirrels)

  1. A New World flying squirrel of the species Glaucomys oregonensis.

Forms of Humboldt's flying squirrel

pluralHumboldt's flying squirrels

Origin of Humboldt's flying squirrel

Named after the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.

Questions about Humboldt's flying squirrel

What does Humboldt's flying squirrel mean?
Humboldt's flying squirrel means a New World flying squirrel of the species Glaucomys oregonensis.
What part of speech is Humboldt's flying squirrel?
Humboldt's flying squirrel is a noun.
What is the plural of Humboldt's flying squirrel?
The plural of Humboldt's flying squirrel is Humboldt's flying squirrels.

Words near Humboldt's flying squirrel in the dictionary

  1. Humboldt penguin
  2. Humboldt penguins
  3. Humboldt River Ranch
  4. Humboldt squid
  5. Humboldt squids
  6. Humboldt's flying squirrel
  7. Humboldt's flying squirrels
  8. Humboldt's lily
  9. Humboldtian
  10. humboldtilite
  11. humboldtine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Humboldt's flying squirrel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Humboldt's flying squirrel.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/humboldt%27s_flying_squirrel. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.