MICROBAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microbat mean? 

• MICROBAT (noun)
  The noun MICROBAT has 1 sense:

1. typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution

  Familiarity information: MICROBAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROBAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

carnivorous bat; microbat

Hypernyms ("microbat" is a kind of...):

bat; chiropteran (nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "microbat"):

mouse-eared bat (a carnivorous bat with ears like a mouse)

leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)

vespertilian bat; vespertilionid (a variety of carnivorous bat)

brown bat (any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings)

free-tailed bat; freetail; freetailed bat (small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions)

mastiff bat (a soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings; often runs along the ground)

true vampire bat; vampire bat (any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood)

Holonyms ("microbat" is a member of...):

Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)