fruit bat

fruit bat

noun

Definition of FRUIT BAT

: any of a family (Pteropodidae of the suborder Megachiroptera) of often large tropical and subtropical Old World bats that feed on ripe fruit, pollen, and nectar and that usually use visual navigation rather than echolocation —called also flying fox

Illustration of FRUIT BAT

First Known Use of FRUIT BAT

1877

Rhymes with FRUIT BAT

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