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BULLBAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bullbat mean?
• BULLBAT (noun)
The noun BULLBAT has 1 sense:
1. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
Familiarity information: BULLBAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bullbat; mosquito hawk; nighthawk
Hypernyms ("bullbat" is a kind of...):
caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)
Holonyms ("bullbat" is a member of...):
Chordeiles; genus Chordeiles (a genus of Caprimulgidae)
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