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Yoruba
Etymology
From àjàò (“anomalure, flying squirrel”) + dídú (“black, to be black”), literally “The black flying squirrel”, compare with àjàò àjọ̀sọ́n (“the orange flying squirrel”)
Pronunciation
Noun
àjàò dídú
- (Àkúrẹ́) a type of rodent known as the anomalure in the genus Anomalurus, (specifically) the Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel, it resembles but is not closely related to the main family of flying squirrels
Coordinate terms
Notes
- The use of color to separate the two species of flying squirrels has only been observed in the speech of speakers of the Àkúrẹ́ dialect