HyperDic: tube-nosed_bat

English > 1 sense of the expression *tube-nosed bat*:
NOUN	animal	tube-nosed bat, harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed fruit bat	any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

English > *tube-nosed bat*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes.
Synonyms	harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed fruit bat
Member of	Nyctimene, genus Nyctimene	East Indian fruit bats
Broader	fruit bat, megabat	large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit