"megabat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: megabats [plural]
Etymology: mega- + bat Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mega|bat}} mega- + bat Head templates: {{en-noun}} megabat (plural megabats)
  1. Any of the bats in the suborder Megachiroptera consisting of one family, Pteropodidae; a fruit bat. Categories (lifeform): Bats Synonyms: flying fox (english: flying fox; ambiguous, some sources limit the term to the genera Pteropus and Acerodon within Pteropodidae), fruit bat Translations (bat of the family Pteropodidae): လင်းဆွဲ (lang:hcwai:) (Burmese), kaloň [masculine] (Czech), vliegende hond [masculine] (Dutch), vleerhond [masculine] (Dutch), hedelmälepakko (Finnish), mégachiroptère [masculine] (French), Flughund [masculine] (German), Flughündin [feminine] (German), Flughundjunges (english: offspring, young) [neuter] (German), panniki (Ilocano), codot (Indonesian), ialtóg na meas [feminine] (Irish), 大蝙蝠 (ōkōmori) (alt: オオコウモリ) (Japanese), 큰박쥐 (keunbakjwi) (Korean), rudawkowate [nonvirile] (Polish), murciélago de fruta [masculine] (Spanish), popo mkubwa (Swahili), fruktfladdernus [common-gender] (Swedish)

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