ROUSSETTE

Rous‐sette″ (?), n. [[F.; — so called in allusion to the color. See Russet.]] 1. 1. (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. 2. (Zoöl.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; — called also dogfish. See Dogfish.