Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions.
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- noun small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions
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Examples
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From Zootaxa (September 2008), a new species of freetail bat from Australia has been described as Mormopterus eleryi.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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The Edwards Plateau contains several scattered limestone caverns that support huge populations of Mexican freetail bats.
Southwest Plateau and Plains Dry Steppe and Shrub Province (Bailey) 2009
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Then we'll meet up with a biologist from Bat Conservation International just prior to the big event - the emergence of nearly one million Mexican freetail bats that roost in the Congress Avenue Bridge over Town Lake.
bats bridges camping and enchanted rocks WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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Then we'll meet up with a biologist from Bat Conservation International just prior to the big event - the emergence of nearly one million Mexican freetail bats that roost in the Congress Avenue Bridge over Town Lake.
Archive 2009-06-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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