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NYCTIMENE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

East Indian fruit bats

Synonyms:

genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Nyctimene" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Nyctimene"):

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)

Holonyms ("Nyctimene" is a member of...):

Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)

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