Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megabat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mega-bat
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the bats in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera; a fruit bat.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bat English megabat From mega- + bat.

Inflected Forms

megabats (plural)

Synonyms

flying fox fruit bat

Questions

What does megabat mean?: Any of the bats in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera; a fruit bat.
Where does megabat come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bat English megabat From mega- + bat.

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