flying fox
noun1
A large Australasian bat, of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon in the family Pteropodidae, having a fox-like face.
- In the small hours came the fetid smell of a flying-fox colony.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 64:
2
Any bat of the family Pteropodidae (see Usage notes).
3
A cyprinid fish of species Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus.
4
A device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc.
5
A cable-operated gyroscopic camera that is suspended on a ropeway, used in filming motion pictures and sporting events.
- Derived terms
- giant golden-crowned flying fox