"flying fox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flying foxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon): keim (Angal Enen), flain foks (Australian Kriol), flaengfoks (Bislama), လင်းဆွဲ (lang:hcwai:) (Burmese), 狐蝠 (húfú) (Chinese Mandarin), kaloň [masculine] (Czech), wannagan (Darkinjung), vleerhond [masculine] (Dutch), vliegende hond [masculine] (Dutch), lentävä koira (Finnish), lenkko (taxonomic: Pteropus only) (Finnish), renard volant [masculine] (French), Eigentlicher Flughund (english: term also covers genera Mirimiri, Neopteryx, Pteralopex and Styloctenium) [masculine] (German), ιπτάμενη αλεπού (iptámeni alepoú) [feminine] (Greek), repülőkutya (Hungarian), kalong (Indonesian), ialtóg na meas [feminine] (Irish), 大蝙蝠 (ōkōmori) (alt: オオコウモリ) (Japanese), ជ្រឹង (crɨng) (Khmer), flain foks (Kriol), keluang (Malay), rudawka [feminine] (Polish), raposa voadora [feminine] (Portuguese), vulpe zburătoare [feminine] (Romanian), лету́чая лиси́ца (letúčaja lisíca) [feminine] (Russian), zorro volador [masculine] (Spanish), ca cào (Tày), крила́н (krylán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dơi quạ (Vietnamese), pterop (Volapük), qërët (Vurës), ganben (Wardaman)
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  2. Any bat of the family Pteropodidae (see Usage notes).
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  3. The cyprinid fish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus. Categories (lifeform): Cyprinids Translations (fish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus): kuonobarbi (Finnish)
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  4. A device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc. Categories (lifeform): Bats Synonyms: zipline Derived forms: giant golden-crowned flying fox Translations (device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley): 纜道 (Chinese Mandarin), 缆道 (lǎndào) (Chinese Mandarin), köysirata (Finnish), retirere (Maori), tyrolka [feminine] (Polish), тарза́нка (tarzánka) [feminine] (Russian)
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  5. A cable-operated gyroscopic camera that is suspended on a ropeway, used in filming motion pictures and sporting events.
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "纜道"
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          "sense": "device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley",
          "word": "retirere"
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}
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        "A device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc."
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          "camera",
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    {
      "code": "aoe",
      "lang": "Angal Enen",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "keim"
    },
    {
      "code": "rop",
      "lang": "Australian Kriol",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "flain foks"
    },
    {
      "code": "bi",
      "lang": "Bislama",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "flaengfoks"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
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      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "လင်းဆွဲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "húfú",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "狐蝠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kaloň"
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    {
      "code": "xda",
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      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "wannagan"
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      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vleerhond"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "vliegende hond"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "lentävä koira"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "taxonomic": "Pteropus only",
      "word": "lenkko"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "renard volant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "term also covers genera Mirimiri, Neopteryx, Pteralopex and Styloctenium",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eigentlicher Flughund"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "iptámeni alepoú",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ιπτάμενη αλεπού"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "repülőkutya"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "kalong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ialtóg na meas"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōkōmori",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "大蝙蝠"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "crɨng",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "ជ្រឹង"
    },
    {
      "code": "rop",
      "lang": "Kriol",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "flain foks"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "keluang"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rudawka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raposa voadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vulpe zburătoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "letúčaja lisíca",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лету́чая лиси́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zorro volador"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyz",
      "lang": "Tày",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "ca cào"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krylán",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крила́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "dơi quạ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "pterop"
    },
    {
      "code": "msn",
      "lang": "Vurës",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "qërët"
    },
    {
      "code": "wrr",
      "lang": "Wardaman",
      "sense": "bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon",
      "word": "ganben"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus",
      "word": "kuonobarbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley",
      "word": "纜道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǎndào",
      "sense": "device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley",
      "word": "缆道"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley",
      "word": "köysirata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley",
      "word": "retirere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyrolka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tarzánka",
      "sense": "device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тарза́нка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flying fox"
}

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