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The similarity to bats and flying foxes stops there, however.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024
Like clockwork, each evening, up to hundreds of these fruit-eating flying foxes, which can reach up to five feet in wingspan, leave the mainland palms for their tiny offshore island habitats, which conveniently dot the coast just beyond the resort.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2024
In eastern Australia, this included the deadly Hendra virus, which the flying foxes shed in their urine and feces.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
As a result, the government mandated that all fruit trees attractive to flying fox bats be separated from pig farms to minimize the chance of transmission, a simple precaution that appears to have worked for 20 years now.
—Catherine MacHalaba, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2020
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First Known Use
1759, in the meaning defined above
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“Flying fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20fox. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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