An alternate or variant spelling of assapanic; relating to the flying squirrel.
From assapan + -ick variant suffix. The -ick spelling is an older variant of -ic that survives in words like 'garlic' and 'magic.'
This spelling variant shows English in transition—early naturalists weren't sure how to spell borrowed Native American terms, so multiple versions competed until standardization won.
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