Any of three large-eared bats of the New World genus Antrozous (family Vespertilionidae), especially the pale yellowish-grey A. pallidus of western North America.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Ecology.
Definition of pallid bat in US English:
pallid bat
noun
Any of three large-eared bats of the New World genus Antrozous (family Vespertilionidae), especially the pale yellowish-grey A. pallidus of western North America.