polatouchen.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊləˈtuːʃ/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊləˈtuʃ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French polatouche.

Etymology: < French polatouche ( Buffon Hist. naturelle: animaux (1763) X. 95), probably < Polish polatucha (18th cent.) < polatać to take a short flight, flutter + -ucha, suffix forming nouns. Compare Russian poletuša (19th cent. or earlier).

Now rare.

The Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans, found in coniferous forests across Eurasia.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Pteromys (flying squirrel) > pteromys volans

flying squirrel1624

polatouche1787

1787 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 77 Flying squirrel. Polatouche.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 84 Their molars..are the same as those of the squirrels and polatouches.

1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 90 The Polatouche lives in the birch woods, or in places where pines, firs, and birches grow intermingled.

1906 Washington Post 3 June 6/7 I found a very interesting little flying animal in Siberia, where it is called a polatouche.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polatouche
释义	polatouchen. Brit. /ˌpəʊləˈtuːʃ/, U.S. /ˌpoʊləˈtuʃ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French polatouche. Etymology: < French polatouche ( Buffon Hist. naturelle: animaux (1763) X. 95), probably < Polish polatucha (18th cent.) < polatać to take a short flight, flutter + -ucha, suffix forming nouns. Compare Russian poletuša (19th cent. or earlier). Now rare. The Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans, found in coniferous forests across Eurasia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Pteromys (flying squirrel) > pteromys volans flying squirrel1624 polatouche1787 1787 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 77 Flying squirrel. Polatouche. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 84 Their molars..are the same as those of the squirrels and polatouches. 1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 90 The Polatouche lives in the birch woods, or in places where pines, firs, and birches grow intermingled. 1906 Washington Post 3 June 6/7 I found a very interesting little flying animal in Siberia, where it is called a polatouche. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787
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