Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having tubular nostrils, as a petrel; tubinarial. See Tubinares.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.
  • adjective Belonging to the Tubinares.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a tubular nose

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Examples

  • The lesser tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene draconilla) and greater sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura furax) are considered vulnerable.

    Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests 2008

  • Of these endemic and near-endemic species, the Fijian blossom-bat (Notopteris macdonaldi) and Banks flying-fox (Pteropus fundatus) are considered vulnerable, and the Nendö tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis) is presumed to be extinct.

    Vanuatu rain forests 2008

  • This is the tube-nosed insectivorous bat Murina florium, considered to be the "rarest mammal recorded alive in Australia".

    Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008

  • Two of these species are globally threatened: the vulnerable Seram flying-fox (Pteropus ocularis) and lesser tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene minutus).

    Buru rain forests 2008

  • Kittiwakes, tube-nosed swimmers, ivory gulls, cormorants, little auks and other birds were flying up and down and along the cliff's face, or perching upon ledges on the rock, and, like the birds on the island, making a great deal of discordant noise.

    Bobby of the Labrador Dillon Wallace 1901

  • The tiny 'demon,' named Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat, has been seen only in Vietnam.

    Wired Top Stories Danielle Venton 2011

  • Murina beelzebub, like the other two tube-nosed bats discovered, depends on the tropical forest for its survival.

    Wired Top Stories Danielle Venton 2011

  • A tube-nosed fruit bat of the Nyctimene species, which is one of the exotic animals, some completely new to science, which have been discovered by experts from Conservation

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Other new species found were a tube-nosed bat named Murina harpioloides that lives in southeastern Vietnam and a new bird species called the Nonggang babbler found in the karst rainforest on the Chinese-Vietnamese border, an area of limestone fissures, sinkholes and underground streams.

    unknown title 2009

  • Other new species found were a tube-nosed bat named Murina harpioloides that lives in southeastern Vietnam and a new bird species called the Nonggang babbler found in the karst rainforest on the Chinese-Vietnamese border, an area of limestone fissures, sinkholes and underground streams.

    unknown title 2009

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