phyllostomen.
/ˈfɪləstəʊm/, U.S. /ˈfɪləˌstoʊm/ Zoology. Now rare.
A bat of the New World genus Phyllostomus or family Phyllostomidae, having a leaflike appendage of the snout; a phyllostomid. Also attributive in phyllostome bat.
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1819 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. IV. xvii. 388 Bats, no doubt of the tribe of phyllostomes.
1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit., & Art 932/1 Phyllostomes, Phyllostomata, a family of bats, including those in which the nose supports a simple leaf-shaped appendage.
1893 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1892 15 437 On a new subfamily of phyllostome bats.
1899 Science 6 Oct. 492/2 There are of course omissions (e.g., a genus, subgenus and 5 species of phyllostome bats described by Miller in the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy Science, in July, 1898).
1906 N.E.D. (at cited word) Phyllostome.
Derivatives
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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > belonging to suborder Microchiroptera > belonging to family Phyllostomidae or leaf-nosed
leaf-nosed1827
phyllostomatous1858
phyllostomous1858
phyllostomine1866
glossophagine1884
nose-leafed1884
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 954/2 Phyllostomatus, Phyllostomus, applied by Goldfuss, Gray [etc.] to a Family (Phyllostomata) of the Cheiroptera, having the nose or mouth encumbered with a simple leaf: phyllostomatous: phyllostomous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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