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FREE-TAILED BAT

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• FREE-TAILED BAT (noun)
The noun FREE-TAILED BAT has 1 sense:

1. small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions

Familiarity information: FREE-TAILED BAT used as a noun is very rare.

• FREE-TAILED BAT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

free-tailed bat; freetail; freetailed bat

Hypernyms ("free-tailed bat" is a kind of...):

carnivorous bat; microbat (typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free-tailed bat"):

guano bat; Mexican freetail bat; Tadarida brasiliensis (the common freetail bat of southern United States having short velvety fur; migrates southward for winter)

pocketed bat; pocketed freetail bat; Tadirida femorosacca (small brown bat of California and northern Mexico)

Holonyms ("free-tailed bat" is a member of...):

genus Tadarida; Tadarida (freetail bats)

"Misery loves company."
(English proverb)
"Half-carried - a well-built load"
(Breton proverb)
"An egg-thief will become a horse-thief."
(Armenian proverb)
"Nothing is blacker than the pan."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of microbat
Pronunciation of guano bat
Definition of pocketed bat
Definition of pocketed freetail bat
Definition of Tadirida femorosacca

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