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FLYING FOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flying fox mean?
• FLYING FOX (noun)
The noun FLYING FOX has 1 sense:
1. large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox
Familiarity information: FLYING FOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("flying fox" is a kind of...):
fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)
Holonyms ("flying fox" is a member of...):
genus Pteropus; Pteropus (a genus of Megachiroptera)
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