English Explanatory Dictionary

roussette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of certain fruit bats:
  2. Any Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger, syn. Pteropus vulgaris) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.
  3. Any flying fox of genus Rousettus.
  4. Any small shark of the genus Scylliorhinus (syn. Scyllium); a dogfish.

Word forms

roussette roussettes

Etymology

French, in allusion to the color. See russet.

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