English > carnivorous bat: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide / worldwide in distribution. |
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| Synonym | microbat |
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| Member of | Microchiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera | Most of the bats in the world |
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| Narrower | brown bat | Any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide / worldwide in caves and trees and buildings |
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| freetail, free-tailed bat, freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail |
| leafnose bat, leaf-nosed bat | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose |
| mastiff bat | A soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings |
| mouse-eared bat | A carnivorous bat with ears like a mouse |
| vampire bat, true vampire bat | Any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood |
| vespertilian bat, vespertilionid | A variety of carnivorous bat |
| Broader | bat, chiropteran | nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate |
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| Spanish | microbat, microchiroptera |
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| Catalan | microbat, microquiròpter |
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