noun
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
• Syn: ↑harpy, ↑harpy bat, ↑tube-nosed fruit bat
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctimene, ↑genus Nyctimene
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noun : any of several fruit bats (genus Nyctimene) of Australia and the southwest Pacific distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
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n. an Old World bat with tubular nostrils: ●
b) an insectivorous Asian bat (genus Murina, family Vespertilionidae)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.