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flying fox

flying fox
 n.— «New at Naenae Pool will be the Zipline, a 40-metre flying fox with a drop of five metres.» —“Pools Make A Holiday Splash” Evening Post (New Zealand) Dec. 16, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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