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roussette

roussette noun: any Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger, syn. Pteropus vulgaris) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.

Noun

roussette (plural roussettes)

  1. Any Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger, syn. Pteropus vulgaris) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.
  2. Any flying fox of genus Rousettus.
  3. Any small shark of the genus Scylliorhinus (syn. Scyllium); a dogfish.

Forms of roussette

pluralroussettes

Origin of roussette

French, in allusion to the color. See russet.

Questions about roussette

What does roussette mean?
Roussette means any Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger, syn. Pteropus vulgaris) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.
What part of speech is roussette?
Roussette is a noun.
What is the plural of roussette?
The plural of roussette is roussettes.

Words near roussette in the dictionary

  1. Roussellian
  2. Roussells
  3. Rousselot-Gilliéron
  4. Roussels
  5. Rousses
  6. roussette
  7. roussettes
  8. Roussillon
  9. Roussillonese
  10. Roussin
  11. Roussins

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