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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of emballonurine bats, of tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World.
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The fifth case is filled with groups of the African and Indian taphozous; the South American tropical bats; and the West Indian chelonicteres and moormops.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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