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flying foxes

flying foxes is the plural of flying fox.

Meaning of flying fox

Noun

flying fox (plural flying foxes)

  1. A large Australasian bat, of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon in the family Pteropodidae, having a fox-like face.
    • In the small hours came the fetid smell of a flying-fox colony.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 64
  2. Any bat of the family Pteropodidae (see Usage notes).
  3. A cyprinid fish of species Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus.
  4. A device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc.
    Synonyms:
    zipline
  5. A cable-operated gyroscopic camera that is suspended on a ropeway, used in filming motion pictures and sporting events.

Questions about flying foxes

What is flying foxes the plural of?
Flying foxes is the plural of flying fox.

Words near flying foxes in the dictionary

  1. flying figs
  2. flying fish
  3. flying fishes
  4. Flying Fortress
  5. flying fox
  6. flying foxes
  7. flying freehold
  8. flying freeholds
  9. flying frog
  10. flying frogs
  11. flying fuck

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