carnivorous bat

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carnivorous bat - typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distributionmicrobatbat, chiropteran - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigateMicrochiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera - most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous batsmouse-eared bat - a carnivorous bat with ears like a mouseleafnose bat, leaf-nosed bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridaevespertilian bat, vespertilionid - a variety of carnivorous batbrown bat - any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildingsfreetail, freetailed bat, free-tailed bat - small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regionsmastiff bat - a soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings; often runs along the groundtrue vampire bat, vampire bat - any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood