free-tailed bats

A form of free-tailed bat — Any member of the family Molossidae of bats, many species of which are known as mastiff bats, of wide distribution, especially in the southern hemispere and in the Americas from the southern US to Argentina.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of free-tailed bat
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