harpy bat

noun

An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.

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harpytube-nosed battube-nosed fruit bat
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Meanings

nounharpy bat (plural harpy bats)

plural harpy bats

  1. An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.
  2. A small insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia); the lesser hairy-winged bat.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

Similar
harpytube-nosed battube-nosed fruit bat
Broader
fruit batmegabat
Also see
harpy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harpy bat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpy%20bat.

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