FRUIT BAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fruit bat mean? 

• FRUIT BAT (noun)
  The noun FRUIT BAT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FRUIT BAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRUIT BAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fruit bat; megabat

Hypernyms ("fruit bat" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fruit bat"):

flying fox (large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox)

Pteropus capestratus; Pteropus hypomelanus (a variety of fruit bat)

harpy; harpy bat; tube-nosed bat; tube-nosed fruit bat (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)

Holonyms ("fruit bat" is a member of...):

Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)

 Context examples 

The Henipavirus natural reservoir is considered to be fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family and cause influenza-like illness in humans.

(Henipavirus, NCI Thesaurus)

The Ebolavirus natural reservoir is considered to be fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family and cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans.

(Ebola Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Nipah viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in pigs) and humans.

(Nipah Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Hendra viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in horses) and humans.

(Hendra Virus, NCI Thesaurus)