noun
small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions
• Syn: ↑free-tailed bat, ↑freetailed bat
• Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous bat, ↑microbat
• Hyponyms: ↑guano bat, ↑Mexican freetail bat, ↑Tadarida brasiliensis, ↑pocketed bat, ↑pocketed freetail bat, ↑Tadirida femorosacca
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tadarida, ↑genus Tadarida
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/free"tayl'/, n.
a free-tailed bat.
[FREE + TAIL1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.