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bat-eared fox

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Otocyon megalotis, a canid of the African savanna, with large black ears and tawny fur.

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Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bakoorjakkals — Otocyon megalotis
  • Arabic: لَوْشَب (lawšab) — Otocyon megalotis
  • Bulgarian: дългоу́ха лиси́ца (dǎlgoúha lisíca) — Otocyon megalotis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蝠耳狐 (fú'ěrhú) — Otocyon megalotis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大耳狐 (dà'ěrhú) — Otocyon megalotis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好望狐 (Hǎowànghú) — Otocyon megalotis
  • Dutch: lepelhond — Otocyon megalotis
  • Dutch: grootoorvos — Otocyon megalotis
  • Finnish: korvakoira — Otocyon megalotis
  • French: renard à oreilles de chauve-souris — Otocyon megalotis
  • French: chien oreillard — Otocyon megalotis
  • French: otocyon — Otocyon megalotis
  • German: Löffelhund — Otocyon megalotis
  • Japanese: 大耳狐 (ōmimigitsune) — Otocyon megalotis
  • Lingala: mbwá masikio — Otocyon megalotis
  • Nǀuu: ǁʻaa — Otocyon megalotis
  • Polish: otocjon — Otocyon megalotis
  • Portuguese: raposa-orelhuda — Otocyon megalotis
  • Russian: большеу́хая лиси́ца (bolʹšeúxaja lisíca) — Otocyon megalotis
  • Swedish: öronhund — Otocyon megalotis
  • Swedish: öronräv — Otocyon megalotis
  • Turkish: iri kulaklı tilki — Otocyon megalotis
  • Vietnamese: cáo tai dơi — Otocyon megalotis