Meaning | large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit. |
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Synonym | megabat |
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Member of | Megachiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera | fruit bats |
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Narrower | Cynopterus sphinx | A variety of fruit eating bat |
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Pteropus capestratus | A variety of fruit bat |
Pteropus hypomelanus | A variety of fruit bat |
flying fox | large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox |
harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat | Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
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 | megabat, megachiroptera |
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Catalan | megabat, megaquiròpter |
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