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harpy bat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
harpy -bat
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.

noun

A small insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia); the lesser hairy-winged bat.

Inflected Forms

harpy bats (plural)

Synonyms

harpy tube-nosed bat tube-nosed fruit bat

Questions

What does harpy bat mean?
An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.

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