carnivorous bat

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carnivorous bat - typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution microbat bat, chiropteran - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate Microchiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera - most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats 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