Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the flying-foxes, or large fruit-bats of the family Pteropodidæ.
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- noun a genus of Megachiroptera
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Examples
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Senior veterinary epidemiologist Chris Hawkins from the Department of Agriculture and Food in Moora said he identified the bat as a little red flying fox (pteropus scapulatus).
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