GENUS NYCTIMENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nyctimene mean? 

• GENUS NYCTIMENE (noun)
  The noun GENUS NYCTIMENE has 1 sense:

1. East Indian fruit bats

  Familiarity information: GENUS NYCTIMENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NYCTIMENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian fruit bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene

Hypernyms ("genus Nyctimene" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nyctimene"):

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)

Holonyms ("genus Nyctimene" is a member of...):

Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)