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NYCTIMENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nyctimene mean?
• NYCTIMENE (noun)
The noun NYCTIMENE has 1 sense:
1. East Indian fruit bats
Familiarity information: NYCTIMENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian fruit bats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene
Hypernyms ("Nyctimene" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("Nyctimene" is a member of...):
Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)
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