"rousette" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹuːˈzɛt/ Forms: rousettes [plural]
Etymology: From French roussette (“flying fox”), from Old French reddish. Doublet of roussette and russet. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|roussette|t=flying fox}} French roussette (“flying fox”), {{der|en|fro|russet|reddish}} Old French reddish, {{doublet|en|roussette|russet}} Doublet of roussette and russet Head templates: {{en-noun}} rousette (plural rousettes)
  1. Any of a number of species of fruit bat, of the genus Rousettus. Derived forms: bare-backed rousette (Rousettus spinalatus, Comoro rousette (taxonomic: Rousettus obliviosus), Egyptian rousette (taxonomic: Rousettus aegyptiacus), Geoffroy's rousette (taxonomic: Rousettus amplexicaudatus), Leschenault's rousette (taxonomic: Rousettus leschenaultii), Linduan rousette (taxonomic: Rousettus linduensis), long-haired rousette (taxonomic: Rousettus lanosus), Madagascan rousette (taxonomic: Rousettus madagascariensis) Translations (bat of the genus Rousettus): rousette [feminine] (French), Höhlenflughund [masculine] (German)

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