flying foxn.

Brit.

/ˌflʌɪɪŋ ˈfɒks/, U.S.

/ˌflaɪɪŋ ˈfɑks/

Etymology: < flying adj. + fox n.

1. A member of the genus Pteropus of fruit-eating bats, found in India, Madagascar, south-east Asia, and Australia.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bat) > genus Pteropus > flying fox

flying fox1759

kalong1824

fox-bat1834

Pteropus1890

1759 Hirst in Duncombe's Lett. (1773) III. 95 They have heads like foxes, and..are covered with hair of a reddish hue; for which reason they are generally called ‘flying foxes’.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 315 Our flying fox is an immense bat.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. i. 135 The Roussette of Ceylon (the ‘Flying-Fox’ as it is usually called by Europeans).

1877 W. S. Dallas in Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 268 The Flying Fox drinks by lapping.

1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 586/1 The flying-foxes are the largest of the bats.

1965 D. Morris Mammals 98 The largest bats of this group are the Flying Foxes of the Pacific region.

1969 E. C. Rolls They all ran Wild xvii. 390 The party shot fifty-five flying-foxes.

2. A carrier operated by cables across a gorge, etc. Australian and New Zealand.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun]

buggy1867

cable-carriera1884

telpher train1884

cable-car1887

telpher1901

tram1905

flying fox1936

1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling vii. 64 The mountain-sides near by are vast stores of black marble which is quarried out and brought down by flying foxes (buckets run on overhead wires).

1948 E. Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang Flying Fox, a device used by the Australians in the Pacific to speed up the advance by slinging heavy equipment across rivers and other obstacles by ropes.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 157/1 A certain amount of serpentinous rather than nephritic material had been brought down by flying-fox and cut into slabs.

1969 Landfall 23 59 Adam had rigged up two flying-foxes—two long wires across the valleys on which he sent the hay flying across to the ferny slopes on the other side where they fed the cattle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

a. Some animal or fish likened to a fox, esp. the gemmeous dragonet ( Callionymus lyra), called also fox-fish. flying fox, sea fox: see those words.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Callionymoidei (dragonets) > callionymus lyra (gemmeous dragonet)

illeck1602

fox1611

goldeneyc1680

yellow gurnard1705

gemmeous dragonet1765

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Spase, ..the sea-fox, or fox dog-fish.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiv. 169 Some are called the Fox, the Dog, the Sparrow, or Frog-fish.

1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 302 These fish [sc. carp] are extremely cunning, and on that account are by some styled the river fox.

1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 302 Fox..The common Skulpin.

单词	flying fox
释义	flying foxn. Brit. /ˌflʌɪɪŋ ˈfɒks/, U.S. /ˌflaɪɪŋ ˈfɑks/ Etymology: < flying adj. + fox n. 1. A member of the genus Pteropus of fruit-eating bats, found in India, Madagascar, south-east Asia, and Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bat) > genus Pteropus > flying fox flying fox1759 kalong1824 fox-bat1834 Pteropus1890 1759 Hirst in Duncombe's Lett. (1773) III. 95 They have heads like foxes, and..are covered with hair of a reddish hue; for which reason they are generally called ‘flying foxes’. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 315 Our flying fox is an immense bat. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. i. 135 The Roussette of Ceylon (the ‘Flying-Fox’ as it is usually called by Europeans). 1877 W. S. Dallas in Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 268 The Flying Fox drinks by lapping. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 586/1 The flying-foxes are the largest of the bats. 1965 D. Morris Mammals 98 The largest bats of this group are the Flying Foxes of the Pacific region. 1969 E. C. Rolls They all ran Wild xvii. 390 The party shot fifty-five flying-foxes. 2. A carrier operated by cables across a gorge, etc. Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] buggy1867 cable-carriera1884 telpher train1884 cable-car1887 telpher1901 tram1905 flying fox1936 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling vii. 64 The mountain-sides near by are vast stores of black marble which is quarried out and brought down by flying foxes (buckets run on overhead wires). 1948 E. Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang Flying Fox, a device used by the Australians in the Pacific to speed up the advance by slinging heavy equipment across rivers and other obstacles by ropes. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 157/1 A certain amount of serpentinous rather than nephritic material had been brought down by flying-fox and cut into slabs. 1969 Landfall 23 59 Adam had rigged up two flying-foxes—two long wires across the valleys on which he sent the hay flying across to the ferny slopes on the other side where they fed the cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas flying fox a. Some animal or fish likened to a fox, esp. the gemmeous dragonet ( Callionymus lyra), called also fox-fish. flying fox, sea fox: see those words. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Callionymoidei (dragonets) > callionymus lyra (gemmeous dragonet) illeck1602 fox1611 goldeneyc1680 yellow gurnard1705 gemmeous dragonet1765 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Spase, ..the sea-fox, or fox dog-fish. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiv. 169 Some are called the Fox, the Dog, the Sparrow, or Frog-fish. View more context for this quotation 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 302 These fish [sc. carp] are extremely cunning, and on that account are by some styled the river fox. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 302 Fox..The common Skulpin. extracted from foxn. < n.1759 as lemmas
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flying foxn.

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