Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leaf-nosed bat of the genus Phyllostoma or family Phyllostomatidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any
bat of thegenus Phyllostoma or allied genera, having largemembranes around themouth andnose ; a nose-leaf bat.
Etymologies
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phyllo- + Ancient Greek στόμα ("mouth").
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