roussette

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A fruit-eating bat of a russet or brownish-red color; hence, any fox-bat of the genus Pteropus or family Pteropodidæ. See cuts under fruit-bat and Pteropus.
2. n. Any shark of the family Scylliidæ a dogfish.

Wiktionary

1. n. A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian Ocean.
2. n. Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; the dogfish.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
2. n. (Zoöl.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.