roussette

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, in allusion to the color. See russet.

Noun

roussette (plural roussettes)

1. Any of certain fruit bats:
   1. the Mauritian flying fox (, syn. ) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.
   2. the genus of flying foxes.
2. Any small shark of the genus (syn. ); 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

• outsteers, rousettes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.sɛt/

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Noun

roussette f (plural roussettes)

1. flying fox (mammal)

Synonyms

• renard volant

Further reading

• “roussette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.