bat
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- noun
- /bæt/
- Some species of bats use echolocation to navigate in the dark.
- fruit bat
- vampire bat
- a bat cave
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Watch on YouTubeAs night falls, owls, bats, and hedgehogs come out to hunt.
- As night falls, owls, bats, and hedgehogs come out to hunt.
- We don't hear the sounds that dogs and bats hear or elephants and dolphins.
- So you get bitten by a rabid raccoon or bat or dog, whatever.
- There are trillions of bats in the world.
- We've seen monkeys, we've seen bats, we've seen hornet's nest.
- That's what I read somewhere, the bat droppings or whatever.
- Now, may it could have been the the bats in the wet market.
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Some species of bat are completely blind.
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Then she saw the head of one of the hanging bats turning to gaze at them.
Fiction book (1992) -
And my brother has to sleep in my room because there was a bat in his room.
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That fellow over there is a common bat of the order of Chiroptera.
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There are trillions of bats in the world.
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Ellen is studying bats because Ellen loves bats.
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We start to see the first bats, and bats are astonishing.
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The prompt asked him to compare and contrast the brown bat and the California leaf-nosed bat.
Academic text (2012) -
Because of their diverse social structures, bats can provide evidence for resolving this debate.
Academic text (2008) -
As night falls, owls, bats, and hedgehogs come out to hunt.
Synonyms
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A mammal like a bat that flies using winged front legs and finds things by sound
Idioms
Compounds
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A Jewish ceremony for a girl at about 12 that marks becoming an adult in the faith
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A small flying mammal from Central and South America that drinks blood from animals
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A small bat that flies fast, eats insects, and has a tail sticking out past the skin between its wings
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A bat with a leaflike flap of skin on its nose that helps it find food at night
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A small brown flying animal common in North America that sleeps in houses and forests
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A common bat with short soft fur found in the southern United States that flies south in winter
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A small bat with short soft fur that migrates south in winter in the southern United States and Central America
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A small fast bat that eats insects and has a long tail that sticks out past its wing skin
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A bat with large ears and pale yellow fur that lives in western North America caves
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A bat with very large ears that lives in western North America
A small brown animal with fur that flies at night in Europe and eats insects
A bat with soft brown fur, folded ears, and small wings that sometimes runs on the ground
- Australian
A small bat with orange fur that lives in forests in northwest Australia
A small brown bat from California and northern Mexico with pockets near its tail
A small flat paddle with a short handle used to hit the ball in table tennis
- Australian
A bat that eats fruit and has tube-shaped nostrils that point away from each other
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A bat from tropical America that drinks the blood of animals like cows and birds
A bat with a pointed nose found in the Americas from the southern United States to Paraguay
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A large flying animal with dark fur, white spots, and very large ears from the southwestern United States
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bat (noun, the animal) is a very old English word for the little night flier and is not from the club; think of a small night 'flapper' with wings, which helps you remember the animal called a 'bat'.