flying fox (fliingfoks)

A large frugivorous bat; any bat of the family Pteropodidæ, and especially of the genus Pteropus, as the well Flying-fox (Pteropus medius). known P.rubricollis: so called from the fox-like shape of the head. There are many species, constituting collectively one of the prime divisions of the order Chiropter a. The terns are all gone, but in their place the flying foxes flap heavily along the water.