roussette means any of certain fruit bats:; Any Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger, syn. Pteropus vulgaris) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Etymology
French, in allusion to the color. See russet.
noun
- Any of certain fruit bats:; Any Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger, syn. Pteropus vulgaris) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.
- Any of certain fruit bats:; Any flying fox of genus Rousettus.
- Any small shark of the genus Scylliorhinus (syn. Scyllium); a dogfish.