HyperDic: harpy_bat

English > 1 sense of the expression harpy bat:
NOUNanimalharpy bat, harpy, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit batany of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
English > harpy bat: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes.
Synonymsharpy, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat
Member ofNyctimene, genus NyctimeneEast Indian fruit bats
Broaderfruit bat, megabatlarge Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit

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