| NOUN | animal | freetail, free-tailed bat, freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail |
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| Meaning | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions. | |
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| Synonyms | free-tailed bat, freetailed bat | |
| Member of | Tadarida, genus Tadarida | freetail bats |
| Narrower | guano bat, Mexican freetail bat, Tadarida brasiliensis | The common freetail bat of southern United States having short velvety fur |
| pocketed bat, pocketed freetail bat, Tadirida femorosacca | small brown bat of California and northern Mexico | |
| Broader | carnivorous bat, microbat | typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects |
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