Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bat of the genus Stenoderma; a stenodermine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the
bats of thegenus Stenoderma.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek narrow, little + -derm.
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biocon commented on the word stenoderm
Any bat of the genus Stenoderma, whose members are characterized by having a contracted alar (wing) membrane (Oxford English Dictionary).
August 8, 2011