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sky puppy

sky puppy noun: a bat, especially one of the cutest and furriest kinds of large bat, such as a fruit bat (flying fox).

sky puppy: a bat, especially one of the cutest and furriest kinds of large bat, such as a fruit bat (flying...
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Noun

sky puppy (plural sky puppies)

  1. (colloquial, diminutive, humorous, nickname) A bat, especially one of the cutest and furriest kinds of large bat, such as a fruit bat (flying fox).

Forms of sky puppy

pluralsky puppies

Origin of sky puppy

The nickname comes from their resemblance to dogs in various respects, which is largely explainable by their phylogenetic relation to dogs; and sky because they can fly.

Questions about sky puppy

What does sky puppy mean?
Sky puppy means a bat, especially one of the cutest and furriest kinds of large bat, such as a fruit bat (flying fox).
What part of speech is sky puppy?
Sky puppy is a noun.
What is the plural of sky puppy?
The plural of sky puppy is sky puppies.

Words near sky puppy in the dictionary

  1. sky parlour
  2. sky parlours
  3. sky pilot
  4. sky pilots
  5. sky puppies
  6. sky puppy
  7. sky rat
  8. sky rats
  9. sky scooter
  10. sky scooters
  11. sky the towel

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