microbat

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noun

Any of the small bats in the suborder Yangochiroptera.

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carnivorous bat
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Meanings

nounmicrobat (plural microbats)

plural microbats

  1. Any of the small bats in the suborder Yangochiroptera.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountypically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution

Similar
carnivorous bat
Broader
batchiropteran

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From micro- + bat.

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Cite this entry
APA

microbat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbat

MLA

“microbat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microbat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbat.

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