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sugarglider

sugarglider is the alternative form 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).

Forms of sugarglider

pluralsugargliders

Questions about sugarglider

What is sugarglider the alternative form of?
Sugarglider is the alternative form of sugar glider.

Words near sugarglider in the dictionary

  1. sugarellie
  2. sugarer
  3. sugarers
  4. sugarfree
  5. sugarful
  6. sugarglider
  7. sugargliders
  8. sugarholic
  9. sugarholics
  10. sugarhouse
  11. sugarhouse molasses

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