harpy bat

English

Noun

harpy bat (plural harpy bats)

An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.
A small insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia); the lesser hairy-winged bat.

References

“harpy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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