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Definition of Brown bat
1. Noun. Any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Bat
Literary usage of Brown bat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE LITTLE brown bat Teacher's Story His small umbrella, quaintly halved, Describing
in the air an arc alike inscrutable,— Elate philosopher! ..."
2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Silver-haired Bat. ). Fur dark, glossy brown, not mottled. Big brown bat, dusky.
Pipistrelle and Leather-winged Bat. Little brown bat and Twilight Bat. ..."
3. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American by Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
"Has the same flight as our big brown bat—vespertilio fuscus. ... Very closely
kin to our Myotis, or little brown bat, with same habits ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1875)
"... brown bat," tilio subulatus Say. By BDRT G. WILDER, of Ithaca, NY THE only
observations upon the gestation of bats, with which I am acquainted, ..."
5. The Pet Book by Anna Botsford Comstock (1914)
"THE LITTLE brown bat HEN a bat is first captured, it is so excited and snappy
that courage it required to handle it for it can inflict quite severe wounds. ..."
6. A Pocket List of the Mammals of Eastern Massachusetts with Special Reference by Clarence Emerson Brown (1913)
"Common ; nocturnal, spending the days in caves or hollow trees. Length 3.40 inch.
Color dark brown. Say's bat ; bittle brown bat. Myotis subulatus (Say) ..."
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