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Definition of Mastiff bat
1. Noun. A soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings; often runs along the ground.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastiff Bat
Literary usage of Mastiff bat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum by George Edward Dobson (1878)
"(The Chestnut mastiff bat referred to by Gosse, op. cit.) d. ad. sk. ... (Red
mastiff bat of Gosse, op. cit.) g. d ad. sk. Bolivia. Mr. Bridges [C.]. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... the smoky mastiff-bat: so called because the males are often found in great
numbers together. /'. ..."
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