Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the tail free from the interfemoral membrane to a considerable extent or entirely, as a bat; emballonurine.
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Examples
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Governor Fallin responds that she's foursquare behind him but wants in return his agreement that Utah, like Oklahoma, will designate the free-tailed bat as its official state flying mammal.
Mark Steinberg: The Appeal of the Repeal Amendment Mark Steinberg 2011
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And he knows that chiropterologists are in unanimous agreement that free-tailed bats, unlike elk, fly.
Mark Steinberg: The Appeal of the Repeal Amendment Mark Steinberg 2011
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And he knows that chiropterologists are in unanimous agreement that free-tailed bats, unlike elk, fly.
Mark Steinberg: The Appeal of the Repeal Amendment Mark Steinberg 2011
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In other words, the Governor is fully aware that he would be on solid scientific ground were he to designate the free-tailed bat as the official state flying mammal.
Mark Steinberg: The Appeal of the Repeal Amendment Mark Steinberg 2011
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Governor Fallin responds that she's foursquare behind him but wants in return his agreement that Utah, like Oklahoma, will designate the free-tailed bat as its official state flying mammal.
Mark Steinberg: The Appeal of the Repeal Amendment Mark Steinberg 2011
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In other words, the Governor is fully aware that he would be on solid scientific ground were he to designate the free-tailed bat as the official state flying mammal.
Mark Steinberg: The Appeal of the Repeal Amendment Mark Steinberg 2011
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We are trying to assess the ecosystems services of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis), a species that forms one of the largest aggregations of mammals known to mankind.
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Of the 17 bat species, the seasonal breeding colony of Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana is the most notable: its population is about a million bats which pour out to forage in the evenings.
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Male free-tailed bats sing intricate and complex "love songs" to woo prospective female mates, new research has found.
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Mammals include Mexican wolf (Canus lupus baileyi), and pocketed free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops femorosaccus).
Bajío dry forests 2007
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