English noun: tube-nosed fruit bat | |||
1. | tube-nosed fruit bat (animal) any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes | ||
Synonyms | harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fruit bat, megabat | ||
Member meronym | genus Nyctimene, Nyctimene | ||