Etymology

megabat

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Today it means: Any of the bats in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera; a fruit bat. Full definition →

English bat ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishbat
  6. English todaymegabat

From mega- + bat.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.