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Definition of Kalong
1. n. A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
Definition of Kalong
1. a fruit-eating bat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Kalong
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalong
Literary usage of Kalong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... on the main land of Asia, in the tropical islands of the Pacific, in Africa,
and even in Australia. They arc the largest of the Bats, the kalong of Java ..."
2. The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind by Robert Sears (1856)
"When they do so, they shut their wings, and are able to walk, or even to run at
a good pace, though with considerable awkwardness. The kalong bat ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"These are as follows : The Tse pang kalong, or Minister of Justice. ... The Da
pang kalong, or Minister of War. Each of these four kalong has four high ..."