MEGADERMA LYRA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears

Synonyms:

big-eared bat; Megaderma lyra

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Megaderma lyra" is a kind of...):

false vampire; false vampire bat (any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects)

Holonyms ("Megaderma lyra" is a member of...):

genus Megaderma; Megaderma (type genus of the Megadermatidae)

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