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    TUBE-NOSED BAT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubesplay

    Synonyms:

    harpy; harpy bat; tube-nosed bat; tube-nosed fruit bat

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("tube-nosed bat" is a kind of...):

    fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)

    Holonyms ("tube-nosed bat" is a member of...):

    genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene (East Indian fruit bats)

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