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sugar gliders

sugar gliders is the plural of sugar glider.

Meaning of sugar glider

Noun

sugar glider (plural sugar gliders)

  1. Any of the species Petaurus breviceps of omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupials, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835.
    • As with other exotic pets, sound husbandry is essential for captive sugar gliders to flourish.2003, Chris Pinney, The Complete Home Veterinary Guide, page 510
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus).

Questions about sugar gliders

What is sugar gliders the plural of?
Sugar gliders is the plural of sugar glider.

Words near sugar gliders in the dictionary

  1. sugar down
  2. Sugar Feast
  3. sugar glass
  4. sugar glasses
  5. sugar glider
  6. sugar gliders
  7. sugar grass
  8. sugar grasses
  9. sugar gum
  10. sugar gums
  11. sugar high

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