àjàò
noun
/à.d͡ʒà.ò/
àjàwò (alternative)
Definitions
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rodents known as anomalures, (specifically) two species of rodent in genus Anomalurus that occur in Nigeria, Beecroft's flying squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti) and Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus), not closely related to the better-known group of flying squirrels of the Sciuridae (squirrel) family
Àjàò, kò ṣe eku kò ṣe ẹyẹ The flying mammal, it's not a rat and yet it's not a bird
Etymology
Perhaps from à- + jà + wò, its ability to fly often has it mistaken for a bird or the bat among Yoruba speakers. Possibly cognate with Igala àjà (“nightjar”)
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ajao”.
Reference:
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