TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tube-nosed fruit bat mean? 

• TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BAT (noun)
  The noun TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BAT has 1 sense:

1. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

  Familiarity information: TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

harpy; harpy bat; tube-nosed bat; tube-nosed fruit bat

Hypernyms ("tube-nosed fruit bat" is a kind of...):

fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)

Holonyms ("tube-nosed fruit bat" is a member of...):

genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene (East Indian fruit bats)