Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general name of the large fruit-bats, fox-bats, flying-foxes, or roussettes belonging to the genus Pteropus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (
Pteropus edulis ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fruit bat , especially the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
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Examples
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Nagpapakuha pa ng retrato habang kalung-kalong siya.
unknown title 2009
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"The next major trading town beyond Changrit is Kek-kalong, de-Etienne.
Voyage To The City Of The Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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Without this precaution little valuable fruit would escape the ravages of the kalong. "
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