fruit bat

fruit bat

n.

Any of various fruit-eating bats of the suborder Megachiroptera, inhabiting chiefly tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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fruit bat

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large Old World bat of the suborder Megachiroptera, occurring in tropical and subtropical regions and feeding on fruit Compare insectivorous bat

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fruit bat - large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit megabat bat, chiropteran - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate Megachiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera - fruit bats flying fox - large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox Pteropus capestratus - a variety of fruit bat Pteropus hypomelanus - a variety of fruit bat harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat, harpy - any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes Cynopterus sphinx - a variety of fruit eating bat