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colugo

[ kuh-loo-goh ]

noun

, plural co·lu·gos.


colugo

/ kəˈluːɡəʊ /

noun

  1. another name for flying lemur
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of colugo1

1885–90; < New Latin, first recorded as colago (1702) and alleged to be < Bisayan
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Word History and Origins

Origin of colugo1

from a native word in Malaya
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Example Sentences

We spotted a few more colugos that night, but we stayed close to Batwoman.

Suddenly, I felt the air brush my hair — a colugo glided past me to land on a tree about three meters away.

The Sunda colugo, in particular, with its wide distribution from Vietnam to Indonesia, is unlikely to be threatened.

Miard pointed her camera, saw testicles and announced that the colugo was male.

If so, instead of the Sunda colugo being one widely distributed species, there are several colugo species confined to smaller areas that may be more susceptible to local extinction.

The colugo is about as big as a good-sized cat, and its fur is olive or brown in color, mottled with whitish blotches and spots.

Well, the skin of the colugo is quite as loose as that on the sides and lower parts of its body.

The Colugo is perhaps the most singular member of the order.

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