| 释义 |
‖ pteropus Zool.|pt-, ˈtɛrəpəs|
Pl. -i. Also in anglicized form ˈpterope |-əʊp|.
[mod.L., ad. Gr. πτερόπους wing-footed.]
A genus of tropical and sub-tropical bats having membranous wings, known as flying foxes or fruit-bats; an animal of this genus. Hence ˈpteropid, ˈpteropine adjs., belonging to or having the characteristics of the Pteropidæ or flying-fox family.
1835Proc. Zool. Soc. iii. 149 Mr. Bennett called the attention of the Meeting to a Pteropine Bat..recently..obtained from the neighbourhood of the river Gambia... In one of the two other species of Pteropi previously obtained,..the same backward position of the wings exists. 1887Athenæum 26 Mar. 421/1 A new genus of pteropine bats. 1890Ibid. 5 Apr. 438/3 Not unlike a Pteropus or flying fox. 1890Cent. Dict., Pterope. |