leatherwing

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And then there was the night my cat brought in -- through the cat door, no less -- a 17 wingspan black leatherwing bat.

Insects, repellants and other folk tales 2004
I'm not a ghost! shouted Gay, but the only response came in an hysterical babble of moans from the negro quarters somewhere in the rear and in the soft whir in his face of a leatherwing bat as it wheeled low in the twilight.

The Miller of Old Church 1911
I'm not a ghost! "shouted Gay, but the only response came in an hysterical babble of moans from the negro quarters somewhere in the rear and in the soft whir in his face of a leatherwing bat as it wheeled low in the twilight.

The Miller Of Old Church Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909