megabat

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ bat.

Noun

megabat (plural megabats)

1. Any of the bats in the suborder Megachiroptera consisting of one family, Pteropodidae; a fruit bat.

Synonyms

• flying fox (ambiguous, some sources limit the term "flying fox" to the genera Pteropus and Acerodon within Pteropodidae)
• fruit bat

Translations

bat of the family Pteropodidae

• Burmese: လင်းဆွဲ (my) (lang:hcwai:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: kaloň (cs) m
• Dutch: vliegende hond m, vleerhond (nl) m
• Finnish: hedelmälepakko
• French: mégachiroptère m
• German: Flughund (de) m, Flughündin f, (offspring, young) Flughundjunges n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: flughundur m
• Ilocano: panniki
• Indonesian: codot (id)
• Irish: ialtóg na meas f
• Japanese: 大だい蝙蝠かわほり (オオコウモリ, ōkōmori)
• Korean: 큰박쥐 (keunbakjwi)
• Polish: rudawkowate nvir
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: крыла́н (ru) m (krylán)
• Spanish: murciélago de fruta m
• Swahili: popo mkubwa
• Swedish: fruktfladdernus c
• Turkish: uçan köpek

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