megabat

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ bat

Noun

megabat (plural megabats)

Any of the bats in the suborder Megachiroptera consisting of one family, Pteropodidae; a fruit bat.

Synonyms

flying fox (ambiguous, some sources limit the term "flying fox" to the genera Pteropus and Acerodon within Pteropodidae)
fruit bat

Translations

bat of the family Pteropodidae

Burmese: လင်းဆွဲ (my) (lang:hcwai:)
Czech: kaloň m
Finnish: hedelmälepakko
German: Flughund (de) m, Flughündin f, (offspring, young) Flughundjunges n

Indonesian: codot (id)
Japanese: 大蝙蝠 (オオコウモリ, ōkōmori)
Swahili: popo mkubwa
Swedish: fruktfladdernus c

Anagrams

meatbag

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.