fruit bat

/frut bæt/

Other forms: fruit bats

Definitions of fruit bat

1. noun

   large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
   synonyms: megabat

   types:

   flying fox

   large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox

   Pteropus capestratus

   a variety of fruit bat

   Pteropus hypomelanus

   a variety of fruit bat

   harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat

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

   Cynopterus sphinx

   a variety of fruit eating bat

   type of:

   bat, chiropteran

   nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate