sugar glider

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of 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.
  2. Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus). colloquial,nonstandard

词形变化

sugar gliders plural

词源

This common name refers to the animal's predilection for sugary foods such as sap and nectar and its ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel.
2 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary