Etymology

rhinopome

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Today it means: Any member of the bat genus Rhinopoma. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πῶμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπῶμα“a lid”
  2. English todayrhinopome

rhino- + Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “a lid”)

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