Meaning of wurbagool | Babel Free

Definitions

An Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia.

Examples

“My attention was one morning directed to a colony of flying foxes (Pteropus edwardsii) […] The natives call this bat the “wurbagool.””

“You see, my lord, I get rheumatic pains in my leg sometimes, and the bone of a wurbagool tied round the ankle with a string of a black cow's hair is, they say, the best cure.”

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