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phylostomid

phylostomid is the misspelling of phyllostomid.

Meaning of phyllostomid

Noun

phyllostomid (plural phyllostomids)

  1. Any bat of the family Phyllostomidae, having large, lance-shaped noses; a leaf-nosed bat.
    • As I mentioned previously, pteropodid bats have been much less studied than phyllostomids1988, Theodore H. Fleming, The Short-Tailed Fruit Bat
    Synonyms:
    phyllostome, nose-leaf bat

Questions about phylostomid

What is phylostomid the misspelling of?
Phylostomid is the misspelling of phyllostomid.

Words near phylostomid in the dictionary

  1. phylosophick
  2. phylosophie
  3. phylosophies
  4. phylosophy
  5. phylospecies
  6. phylostomid
  7. phylostrata
  8. phylostratification
  9. phylostratigraphic
  10. phylostratigraphy
  11. phylostratum

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