noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the small bats in the suborder Yangochiroptera.
2. 2
   typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

carnivorous batcarnivorous bat

Etymology

From micro- + bat.

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