Meaning

2 senses
  1. An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.

    any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

  2. A small insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia); the lesser hairy-winged bat.

Forms

plural: harpy bats
Singularharpy bat
Pluralharpy bats

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes:harpytube-nosed battube-nosed fruit bat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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