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FRUIT BAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
Synonyms:
fruit bat; megabat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fruit bat" is a kind of...):
bat; chiropteran (nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fruit bat"):
flying fox (large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox)
Pteropus capestratus; Pteropus hypomelanus (a variety of fruit bat)
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)
Cynopterus sphinx (a variety of fruit eating bat)
Holonyms ("fruit bat" is a member of...):
Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)
