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fruit bat

Any of various fruit-eating bats of the suborder Megachiroptera, inhabiting tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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fruit bat

(Animals) any large Old World bat of the suborder Megachiroptera, occurring in tropical and subtropical regions and feeding on fruit. Compare insectivorous bat

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fruit′ bat`

any fruit-eating tropical Old World bat of the family Pteropodidae.

[1875–80]

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fruit bat - large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit

megabat

bat, chiropteran - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

Megachiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera - fruit bats

flying fox - large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox

Pteropus capestratus - a variety of fruit bat

Pteropus hypomelanus - a variety of fruit bat

harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat, harpy - any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

Cynopterus sphinx - a variety of fruit eating bat

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Altered fruit bat activity with respect to changes in light pattern is a generally accepted conjecture (Erkert 1978).

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It was believed the PM was fed fruit bat which can be roasted, made into pate, or curried.

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Boracay group seeks silence in bat habitat

The predominant bat species within the caves is the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus); colony sizes can reach >1,000 (4).

Human Exposure to Novel Bartonella Species from Contact with Fruit Bats

From spicy rabbit heads to fruit bat soup, the collection, now on display in the Swedish city of Malmo, aims to challenge perceptions of taste and help visitors contemplate why one culture's abomination is another's delicacy.

A vomit bag for every guest at the Disgusting Food Museum

The team also discovered new foraging adaptation for tube-nosed fruit bat. According to Malaki, this fruit-eating bat turns out to be a leaf-eating bat, as well.

New species of land snail, micro mollusk found in Cebu

With antibodies to Ebola found in Bangladesh fruit bat populations, there are potential hosts in Asia.

Despite the hype, Ebola concerns should be very minimal

In Seychelles, fruit bat curry is a foodie's delight.

Ol' Vanilla dreams

It can go south in the blink of an eye" - Actor Michael Shannon "Hardly has our young princeling arrived on a tour of the Caribbean then Nancy Dell'Olio shows up, hanging like a hungry fruit bat from the nearest palm tree" - Author Frederick Forsyth on Prince Harry's overseas trip "The ancient Greeks were permissive, even encouraging, of homosexual love, but they clearly understood the difference between that and marriage" - Dominica Roberts, of Bracknell, Berkshire, in a letter to The Independent.

TODAY'S " QUOTES"

from three miles away" TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson "Militant neo-atheists and devout secularists are busting a gut to try to convince us that we hardly exist" Cook Delia Smith, above, attacks those who oppose Christianity "Hardly has our young princeling arrived on a tour of the Caribbean than Nancy Dell'Olio shows up, hanging like a hungry fruit bat from the nearest palm tree" Author Frederick Forsyth on Prince Harry's travels "The idea of being 'elite' is considered a negative.

THEY SAID WHAT?

A group of bats take on board a mercy mission to help a poor lonely Fruit Bat called Freddy who wakes to find himself in chilly Cardiff after falling asleep in a crate of bananas aboard a ship in sunny St Lucia.