Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bat of the genus Nyctophilus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the
Australian bats of thegenus Nyctophilus.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, "night-loving".
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