Definition of Kalong

1. n. A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).

Definition of Kalong

1. a fruit-eating bat [n -S]

Medical Definition of Kalong

1. A fruit bat, especially. The Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalong

kallidin 10
kallidin 9
kallidin I
kallidin II
kallidins
kallikrein
kallikrein-kinin system
kallikrein system
kallikreins
kalmia
kalmias
kalmuck
kalokagathia
kalon
kalong (current term)
kalongs
kalonji
kalopsia
kalotype
kalotypes
kaloyer
kaloyers
kalpa
kalpac
kalpacs
kalpak
kalpaks
kalpas
kalpis

Literary usage of Kalong

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... on the main land of Asia, in the tropical islands of the Pacific, in Africa, and even in Australia. They arc the largest of the Bats, the kalong of Java ..."

2. The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind by Robert Sears (1856)
"When they do so, they shut their wings, and are able to walk, or even to run at a good pace, though with considerable awkwardness. The kalong bat ..."

3. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"These are as follows : The Tse pang kalong, or Minister of Justice. ... The Da pang kalong, or Minister of War. Each of these four kalong has four high ..."

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