phyllostome
English
Etymology
From phyllo- + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
Noun
phyllostome (plural phyllostomes)
- (zoology) Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phyllostome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)