flying fox

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flying fox

Any of various fruit-eating bats of the suborder Megachiroptera, chiefly inhabiting tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia and having a foxlike muzzle and small, pointed ears.

flying fox

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large fruit bat, esp any of the genus Pteropus of tropical Africa and Asia: family Pteropodidae

2. (Engineering / General Engineering) Austral and NZ a cable mechanism used for transportation across a river, gorge, etc.

3. a cable mechanism ridden for fun at an adventure playground, etc.

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Noun

flying fox - large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox

fruit bat, megabat - large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit

genus Pteropus, Pteropus - a genus of Megachiroptera

Translations

flying fox n → pteropo

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Additionally, experience with HeV in Australian flying fox populations suggests that where susceptible flying fox species share communal roosts, evidence of infection is seen in in-contact species (8).

Henipavirus in Pteropus vampyrus bats, Indonesia by Daniels, Peter / Emerging Infectious Diseases

The flying fox is "a potentially interesting additional source of cycad exposure," says Spencer.

Guam mystery disease from bat entree? (Troubling Treat) by Milius, S. / Science News

Gallant Fox ('30) was sired by Sir Gallahad III and his great, great grandsire was Flying Fox.

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