flying mouse

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Compare Russian лету́чая мышь (letúčaja myšʹ, “flying mouse”).

noun flying mice

Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions. The system I quoted […] was a full system: 486 PC 8megRAM 140HD, 2 DVI boards, 1 Ascension Bird flying mouse (6D mouse with 3 buttons, used for navigation and interaction), 1 VirtualResearch Headmounted display, 1 Logitech Sonic 6D tracker for headmount, Sense8 software and environment.

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@misc{flying_mouse_2026,
  title = {flying mouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flying%20mouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}