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noun
Any of the bats in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera; a fruit bat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fruit bat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bat, chiropteran
Narrower terms: flying fox, Pteropus capestratus, Pteropus hypomelanus, harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bat English megabat From mega- + bat.
Across languages
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