Meanings
nounflying fox (plural flying foxes)
plural flying foxes
- 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 - Any bat of the family Pteropodidae (see Usage notes).
- A cyprinid fish of species Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus.
- A device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc.
Synonyms: zipline
- A cable-operated gyroscopic camera that is suspended on a ropeway, used in filming motion pictures and sporting events.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc.
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Translations
Catalan guineu voladora
- guineu voladorabat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Chinese Mandarin 狐蝠, 纜道 /缆道
- 狐蝠 (húfú)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
- 纜道 /缆道 (lǎndào)device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley
Czech kaloň
- kaloňbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Dutch vleerhond, vliegende hond
- vleerhondbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
- vliegende hondbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Finnish lentävä koira, lenkko
- lentävä koirabat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
- lenkkobat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
- kuonobarbifish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus
- köysiratadevice consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley
French renard volant
- renard volantbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
German Eigentlicher Flughund
- Eigentlicher Flughundbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Greek ιπτάμενη αλεπού
- ιπτάμενη αλεπού (iptámeni alepoú)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Hindi गादुर, चमगादड़
- गादुर (gādur)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
- चमगादड़ (camgādaṛ)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Hungarian repülőkutya
- repülőkutyabat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Indonesian kalong
- kalongbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Irish ialtóg na meas
- ialtóg na measbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Japanese 大蝙蝠
- 大蝙蝠 (ōkōmori)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Korean 날여우박쥐
- 날여우박쥐 (naryeoubakjwi)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Malay keluang
- keluangbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Māori retirere
- retireredevice consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley
Polish rudawka, grubowarg złotopręgi
- rudawkabat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
- grubowarg złotopręgifish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus
- grubowarg lisifish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus
- tyrolkadevice consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley
Portuguese raposa voadora
- raposa voadorabat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Romanian vulpe zburătoare
- vulpe zburătoarebat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Russian лету́чая лиси́ца, тарза́нка
- лету́чая лиси́ца (letúčaja lisíca)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
- тарза́нка (tarzánka)device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley
Spanish zorro volador
- zorro voladorbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Ukrainian крила́н
- крила́н (krylán)bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Vietnamese dơi quạ
- dơi quạbat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon
Cite this entry
APA
flying fox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20fox
MLA
“flying fox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20fox. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flying fox,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flying%20fox.
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