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FREE-TAILED BAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does free-tailed bat mean? 

FREE-TAILED BAT (noun)
  The noun FREE-TAILED BAT has 1 sense:

1. small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regionsplay

  Familiarity information: FREE-TAILED BAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREE-TAILED BAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

free-tailed bat; freetail; freetailed bat

Hypernyms ("free-tailed bat" is a kind of...):

carnivorous bat; microbat (typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free-tailed bat"):

guano bat; Mexican freetail bat; Tadarida brasiliensis (the common freetail bat of southern United States having short velvety fur; migrates southward for winter)

pocketed bat; pocketed freetail bat; Tadirida femorosacca (small brown bat of California and northern Mexico)

Holonyms ("free-tailed bat" is a member of...):

genus Tadarida; Tadarida (freetail bats)


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