Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fruit-eating bat of a russet or brownish-red color; hence, any fox-bat of the genus Pteropus or family Pteropodidæ. See cuts under fruit-bat and Pteropus.
  • noun Any shark of the family Scylliidæ a dogfish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
  • noun (Zoöl.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian Ocean.
  • noun Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; the dogfish.

Etymologies

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French, in allusion to the color. See russet.

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  • a fruit-bat

    October 12, 2007

  • So a dogfish is not a dog but it might be a fruit bat. I hope that's clear enough for you newbies.

    January 17, 2024

  • I thought a fruit bat was a flying fox.

    January 18, 2024

  • Fox-bat, shark, etc.

    January 21, 2024