roussette
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, in allusion to the color. See russet.
Noun
roussette (plural roussettes)
- Any of certain fruit bats:
- the Mauritian flying fox (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.
- the genus Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. of flying foxes.
- Any small shark of the genus Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.); the dogfish.
Further reading
- “roussette”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “roussette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “roussette”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
roussette f (plural roussettes)
- flying fox (mammal)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “roussette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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