Definitions

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  • adjective Having characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
  • adjective Similar to that of a bat

Etymologies

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bat +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Perhaps the most extraordinary discovery was the existence of flying humanoids: "Four feet high, covered, except in the face, with short, glossy, copper-colored hair," they had batlike "wings composed of a thin membrane, without hair, lying snugly upon their backs from the top of their shoulders to the calves of their legs."

    Kim Kardashian Fails the P.T. Barnum Test Eric Felten 2011

  • The CAVEMAN GANG appear with giant batlike creatures in-tow to get revenge.

    Bruce Wayne Returns in April | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • On a website that allows users to search for animals by age, size, and gender, we entered our criteria and up popped a photo of a one-year-old black Chihuahua mix with huge eyes and enormous batlike ears.

    Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011

  • It was a hideous thing—black and flabby and slimy-looking, with a flaccid belly, a batlike face, and long, spindly limbs.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • He clutched his little potbelly and tucked his batlike wings close when he rolled off the bag, still chortling over his NASCAR-worthy slide.

    Blood Trinity Sherrilyn Kenyon 2010

  • Mother comes, it hisses before flapping batlike wings and flying off.

    Slayed Amanda Marrone 2010

  • “Bat” had gotten his nickname because of his absurdly tiny, batlike ears.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • It was a hideous thing—black and flabby and slimy-looking, with a flaccid belly, a batlike face, and long, spindly limbs.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • He clutched his little potbelly and tucked his batlike wings close when he rolled off the bag, still chortling over his NASCAR-worthy slide.

    Blood Trinity Sherrilyn Kenyon 2010

  • It was a hideous thing—black and flabby and slimy-looking, with a flaccid belly, a batlike face, and long, spindly limbs.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

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