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tube-nosed bat

DEFINITIONS OF: tube-nosed bat

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

Synonyms:
harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed fruit bat
Type of:
fruit bat, megabat
large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
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