FRUIT BAT


Meaning of FRUIT BAT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1877

: any of a family (Pteropodidae of the suborder Megachiroptera) of often large tropical and subtropical Old World bats that feed on ripe fruit, pollen, and nectar and that usually use visual navigation rather than echolocation — called also flying fox

[

fruit bat with fruit

]

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.