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Definition of sugar glider

sugar glider

Plural:sugar gliders
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sugar glider Lexical Profile

• noun

1

A small, nocturnal, gliding marsupial native to mainland Australia, New Guinea, and certain Indonesian islands, characterized by a thin membrane stretching from its forelegs to its hindlegs that allows it to glide between trees.

Example

"During our night hike through the Australian bush, we used a red spotlight to watch a sugar glider launch itself gracefully from the high branches of a eucalyptus tree."

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Word Nuance & Usage

Often confused with the flying squirrel due to convergent evolution; however, the sugar glider is a marsupial native to Australasia, whereas the flying squirrel is a placental mammal.

• Nearby Words

suet
suez
sugar
sugar glider
sugar maple
sugar snap pea
sugarbird

Usage Trend

Historical frequency of usage in published text.

180019102020
Data source: Google Books Ngram Viewer

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Sugar glider. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/sugar glider
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