ajao

• àjàwò

Perhaps from à- +‎ jà +‎ wò, its ability to fly often has it mistaken for a bird or the bat among Yoruba speakers

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà.ò/

àjàò

1. a type of rodent known as the anomalure, (specifically) the two species of rodent in the genus Anomalurus, the Beecroft's flying squirrel and the Derby's flying squirrel, which are distinct and not closely related to the more well known group of flying squirrels of the Sciuridae (squirrel) family

   Synonyms: àlàò, ẹlẹ́mọ̀ọ́

   Àjàò, kò ṣe eku kò ṣe ẹyẹ ― The flying mammal, it's not a rat and yet it's not a bird

• àjàò ajọ̀sọ́n, àjàò pupa
• àjàò dídú