Flying Lemur - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: flying lemurColugo
A peculiar East Indian mammal Galleopithecus volans having along the sides connecting the fore and hind limbs a parachutelike membrane by means of which it is able to make long leaps like the flying squirrel called also flying lemur...
VerbarGaleopithecus
A genus of flying Insectivora formerly called flying lemurs See Colugo...
Flying lemur
either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East Indies Cynocephalus variegatus or the Phillipines Cynocephalus volans having broad folds of skin between the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the body allowing them to make long gliding leaps they have been classed in the separate order Dermoptera They are arboreal and have become rare...
Lemur
One of a family Lemuridaelig of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys but of small size and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle and large eyes They feed upon birds insects and fruit and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands one genus Galago occurring in Africa The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus See Galago Indris and Colugo...
Fly for it
Fly for it. On a criminal trial in former times it was usual after the verdict, even if not guilty, to inquire also: 'Did he fly for it ?' Forfeiture of goods followed a conviction upon such inquiry. This practice, after having been long discontinued, was generally abolished by the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), s. 5. There is a saying, Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit (3 Inst. 14)-'He who flies from justice confesses his guilt.'...
flying squad
flying squad : a usually small standby group of people ready to move or act quickly ;esp : a police unit formed to respond quickly in an emergency called also flying squadron ...
Bull fly
Any large fly troublesome to cattle as the gadflies and breeze flies...
black fly
In the United States a small venomous two winged fly of the genus Simulium of several species exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests called also buffalo gnat The larvaelig are aquatic It sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals...
caddis fly
same as caddice fly...
Canker fly
A fly that preys on fruit...
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