"night-bat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: night-bats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} night-bat (plural night-bats)
  1. (now only Caribbean) A (night-flying) bat. Tags: Caribbean Categories (lifeform): Bats
    Sense id: en-night-bat-en-noun-ILfgWYm8 Disambiguation of Bats: 50 2 47 Categories (other): Caribbean English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 1 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 3 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 2 53
  2. (now literary) A ghost, an evil spirit. Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-night-bat-en-noun-7i0dy-cX
  3. (Jamaica) A large nocturnal moth. Tags: Jamaica Categories (lifeform): Bats, Moths
    Sense id: en-night-bat-en-noun-qc8NUIL8 Disambiguation of Bats: 50 2 47 Disambiguation of Moths: 39 3 58 Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 1 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 3 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 2 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nightbat

Noun [Jamaican Creole]

Forms: night-bat dem [plural], night-bat [quantified]
Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=night-bat}} night-bat, {{jam-noun}} night-bat (plural night-bat dem, quantified night-bat)
  1. Alternative form of bat Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bat Categories (lifeform): Moths
    Sense id: en-night-bat-jam-noun-ZYcuY1p4 Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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