sugar squirrel
noun
variants: or
sugar opossum
Definition of sugar squirrel
: a small widely distributed Australian opossum (Petaurus breviceps) that is largely silvery gray with a bushy and often white-tipped tail and that in habits and appearance much resembles a flying squirrel
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