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free-tailed bat

free-tailed bat noun: any member of the family Molossidae of bats, many species of which are known as mastiff bats, of wide distribution, especially in the southern hemispere and in the Americas from the southern US to Argentina.

free-tailed bat: any member of the family Molossidae of bats, many species of which are known as mastiff bats, of...
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Noun

free-tailed bat (plural free-tailed bats)

  1. Any member of the family Molossidae of bats, many species of which are known as mastiff bats, of wide distribution, especially in the southern hemispere and in the Americas from the southern US to Argentina.

Forms of free-tailed bat

pluralfree-tailed bats

Words formed from free-tailed bat

Questions about free-tailed bat

What does free-tailed bat mean?
Free-tailed bat means any member of the family Molossidae of bats, many species of which are known as mastiff bats, of wide distribution, especially in the southern hemispere and in the Americas from the southern US to Argentina.
What part of speech is free-tailed bat?
Free-tailed bat is a noun.
What is the plural of free-tailed bat?
The plural of free-tailed bat is free-tailed bats.

Words near free-tailed bat in the dictionary

  1. Free-Staters
  2. free-stone
  3. free-stones
  4. free-style
  5. free-swimming
  6. free-tailed bat
  7. free-tailed bats
  8. free-thinker
  9. free-thinkers
  10. free-thinking
  11. free-thinkings

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