noun
fruit bat; flying fox; megabat
Refers to any bat of the family Pteropodidae, typically large fruit-eating bats. In everyday Japanese, オオコウモリ is the standard term.
オオコウモリは果物を食べる。
Fruit bats eat fruit.
動物園で大きなオオコウモリを見た。
I saw a large flying fox at the zoo.