megabat

megabat

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ bat

Noun

megabat (plural megabats)

1. Any of the bats in the suborder Megachiroptera consisting of one family, Pteropodidae; a fruit bat.

Synonyms

• flying fox (ambiguous, some sources limit the term "flying fox" to the genera Pteropus and Acerodon within Pteropodidae)
• fruit bat

Translations

bat of the family Pteropodidae

Burmese: လင်းဆွဲ (my) (lang:hcwai:) Czech: kaloň m Dutch: vliegende hond m, vleerhond m Finnish: hedelmälepakko French: mégachiroptère m German: Flughund (de) m, Flughündin f, (offspring, young) Flughundjunges n Greek: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Indonesian: codot (id) Japanese: 大蝙蝠 (オオコウモリ, ōkōmori) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: popo mkubwa Swedish: fruktfladdernus c

Anagrams

• meatbag