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fruit bat
(fruit bat)
noun
a bat with a long snout and large eyes, feeding chiefly on fruit or nectar and found mainly in the Old World tropics.
Family
Pteropodidae
: many genera and numerous species.
See also
flying fox
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rousette fruit bat
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rousette (also rousette fruit bat)
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