TUBE-NOSED BAT

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Meaning:

Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

Synonyms:

harpy; harpy bat; tube-nosed bat; tube-nosed fruit bat

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tube-nosed bat" is a kind of...):

fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)

Holonyms ("tube-nosed bat" is a member of...):

genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene (East Indian fruit bats)