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Definition of Pteropus
1. Noun. A genus of Megachiroptera.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Megachiroptera, Suborder Megachiroptera
Member holonyms: Flying Fox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteropus
Literary usage of Pteropus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Families and Genera of Bats by Gerrit Smith Miller (1907)
"11 (subgenus of pteropus containing the species ... 19 (sub- genus of pteropus
containing tbe species ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Many of the pteropus bats ... pteropus edwardsii take ::•'•• abode on a banyan
or other tree, taih ! ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1890)
"Description of a New Species of pteropus. By Harrison Allen. (Bead before the
American ... pteropus LANIGERA, sp. nov. Crown covered with dark gray, ..."
4. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"The pteropus (Fig. 230), commonly called Roussette by the French, ... The dominant
characteristic of the pteropus is to be found in its dentition, ..."
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