"rate-volage" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \ʁat.vɔ.laʒ\ Forms: rates-volages [plural]
  1. Chauve-souris.
    Sense id: fr-rate-volage-fr-noun-QEKfMxaJ Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de rat et de volage."
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          "ref": "Colette, La Retraite sentimentale, 1907",
          "text": "Un peu plus tard encore, une délicate chauve-souris, très petite, me frôle les cheveux. C’est l’instant où Annie frissonne, rentre et allume la lampe. Je reste encore un peu pour suivre les cercles brisés de la « rate-volage » qui crisse en volant, comme un ongle sur une vitre…"
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        }
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