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Flying fox   /flˈaɪɪŋ fɑks/   Listen
noun
Flying fox  n.  (Zool.)
1.
A fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, which has a head resembling that of a fox.
2.
The colugo.





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"Flying fox" Quotes from Famous Books



... forms of things, as in this latter instance perhaps, have also suggested some other fabulous stories. They say that the rat had wings formerly, and that the large bat or flying fox at that time had no wings. One day the bat said to the rat: "Let me try on your wings for a little, that I may see how I like flying." The rat lent the bat his wings, off flew the bat with the wings, ...
— Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before • George Turner
... island and continent of the vast Pacific. The weaving of a bark cloth, stained with the red juice of water-plants, suggests an industry of these early days. The native cuisine still includes the unfamiliar Malay delicacy of flying fox cooked in spice, and the hereditary skill in hunting finds endless satisfaction in forests abounding with deer, wild pig, and edible birds. A touch of barbarism lends a charm to mysterious Batjan, and the marked individuality which belongs to ...
— Through the Malay Archipelago • Emily Richings


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