Rousette
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A fruit bat that feeds mainly on nectar and pollen, forming very large colonies in caves from Africa to the [Solomon Islands].
Origin
Late 18th century: from French roussette, feminine of Old French [rousset] ‘reddish’, from [roux] ‘red’.
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