noun
large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
• Syn: ↑fruit bat
• Hypernyms: ↑bat, ↑chiropteran
• Hyponyms:
↑flying fox, ↑Pteropus capestratus, ↑Pteropus hypomelanus, ↑harpy, ↑harpy bat, ↑tube-nosed bat, ↑tube-nosed fruit bat, ↑Cynopterus sphinx
• Member Holonyms: ↑Megachiroptera, ↑suborder Megachiroptera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.