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Nyctimene

noun

East Indian fruit bats

• Syn: ↑genus Nyctimene

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Megachiroptera, ↑suborder Megachiroptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑harpy, ↑harpy bat, ↑tube-nosed bat, ↑tube-nosed fruit bat

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\\nikˈtimənē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Nyctimene, Lesbian king's daughter who was transformed into an owl, from Greek Nyktimenē

: a genus of East Indian fruit bats — see harpy bat 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.