"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: 56 4 40 Categories (other): Caribbean English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 2 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 1 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 2 50
  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): Moths
    Sense id: en-night-bat-en-noun-qc8NUIL8 Disambiguation of Moths: 37 4 59 Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 2 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 1 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 2 50
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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for night-bat meaning in All languages combined (4.2kB)

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