tube-nosed fruit bat

Definitions of tube-nosed fruit bat
  1. noun
    any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
    synonyms: harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat
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    type of:
    fruit bat, megabat
    large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
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