Pteropusn.

Brit.

/ˈtɛrəpəs/, U.S.

/ˈtɛrəpəs/

Inflections: Plural (now rare) Pteropi.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pteropus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pteropus ( J. C. P. Erxleben Systema regni animalis (1777) 130) < Hellenistic Greek πτερόπους wing-footed < ancient Greek πτερο- ptero- comb. form + -πους (see -pod comb. form).With the plural pteropi compare discussion at octopus n.

Zoology.

A genus of large fruit-eating bats comprising most of the flying foxes; a bat of this genus, a flying fox.

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

Pteropus1827

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

flying fox1759

kalong1824

fox-bat1834

Pteropus1890

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 54 The great Black Pteropus [Fr. roussette noire], or Eatable Bat.

1872 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 162 139 [The rhomboideus muscle] is strongest in the Pteropi, next in the Phyllostomidæ.

1890 Athenæum 5 Apr. 438/3 Not unlike a Pteropus or flying fox.

1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 89 496 Sometimes the smooth, black wing membrane of the fruit-bat or flying-fox (Pteropus) is stretched across the forehead.

1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) I. 203/2 In many areas Pteropus is considered a serious pest by fruit growers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pteropus
释义	Pteropusn. Brit. /ˈtɛrəpəs/, U.S. /ˈtɛrəpəs/ Inflections: Plural (now rare) Pteropi. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pteropus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pteropus ( J. C. P. Erxleben Systema regni animalis (1777) 130) < Hellenistic Greek πτερόπους wing-footed < ancient Greek πτερο- ptero- comb. form + -πους (see -pod comb. form).With the plural pteropi compare discussion at octopus n. Zoology. A genus of large fruit-eating bats comprising most of the flying foxes; a bat of this genus, a flying fox. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bat) > genus Pteropus Pteropus1827 the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bat) > genus Pteropus > flying fox flying fox1759 kalong1824 fox-bat1834 Pteropus1890 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 54 The great Black Pteropus [Fr. roussette noire], or Eatable Bat. 1872 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 162 139 [The rhomboideus muscle] is strongest in the Pteropi, next in the Phyllostomidæ. 1890 Athenæum 5 Apr. 438/3 Not unlike a Pteropus or flying fox. 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 89 496 Sometimes the smooth, black wing membrane of the fruit-bat or flying-fox (Pteropus) is stretched across the forehead. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) I. 203/2 In many areas Pteropus is considered a serious pest by fruit growers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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