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CYNOPTERUS SPHINX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynopterus sphinx mean?
• CYNOPTERUS SPHINX (noun)
The noun CYNOPTERUS SPHINX has 1 sense:
1. a variety of fruit eating bat
Familiarity information: CYNOPTERUS SPHINX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of fruit eating bat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Cynopterus sphinx" is a kind of...):
fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)
Holonyms ("Cynopterus sphinx" is a member of...):
Cynopterus; genus Cynopterus (a genus of Megachiroptera)
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