bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: băt
ipa: /bæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: bats
Etymology: Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin. Perhaps compare Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”).
Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ.
Senses: examples: text: The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
ref: 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
text: As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.
ref: 2012, Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats [sic]
synonyms: chiropter
chiropteran
flindermouse
flitterbat
flittermouse
fluttermouse
flying mouse
rattlemouse
reremouse
glosses: Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
examples: text: "Isn't it lovely?" I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat!
ref: 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 196:
glosses: An old woman.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: alien space bats
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Epomops spp.
word: anvil bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: baby bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Niumbaha superba
word: badger bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Musonycteris harrisoni
word: banana bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Barbastella barbastellus
word: barbastelle bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat box
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Polyctenidae spp.
word: bat bug
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Batcape
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batcorder
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batcrap
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat detector
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batdom
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat ear
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Otocyon megalotis
word: bat-eared fox
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batfaced
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Falco rufigularis
word: bat falcon
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Batfamily
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batfish*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat flower
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Tacca spp.
word: batflower
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Nycteribiidae spp.
word: bat fly
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat-fowler
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batfowler
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat-fowling
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Macheiramphus alcinus
word: bat hawk
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat house
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Prunus polystachya
word: bat laurel
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batless
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batlike
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batling
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Batman
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batmeat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batmobile
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Trapa spp.
word: bat nut
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batologist
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat phone
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Tacca spp.
word: bat plant
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batpoop
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myliobatis californica
word: bat ray
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
english: crazy
translation: crazy
word: bats
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batshit
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batsicle
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batskin
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batspit
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batsqueak
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Patiria miniata
word: bat star
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batswing
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Nycteribia spp.
word: bat tick
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: battish
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Magnolia grandiflora
word: bat tree
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batty
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Batusi
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Batverse
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: batwing
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bat wing
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis bechsteinii
word: Bechstein's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus spp.
word: big brown bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: big-eared bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Hesperoptenus blanfordi
word: Blanford's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: blind as a bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Syconycteris spp.
word: blossom bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Tomopeas ravus
word: blunt-eared bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis brandtii
word: Brandt's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: brown bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Chordeiles spp.
word: bull bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: bulldog bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Craseonycteris thonglongyai
word: bumblebee bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Glauconycteris spp.
word: butterfly bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Hsunycteris cadenai
word: Cadena's long-tongued bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Parastrellus hesperus
word: canyon bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Antrozus spp.
word: cave bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Chalinolobus morio
word: chocolate wattled bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
english: Mormoops
translation: Mormoops
word: cinnamon bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis formosus
word: copper-winged bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Rhinolophus damarensis
word: Damara horseshoe bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Hsunycteris dashe
word: Dashe's nectar bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis daubentonii
word: Daubenton's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eonycteris spelaea
word: dawn bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Antrozous pallidus
word: desert bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Thyropteridae spp.
word: disc-winged bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Thyropteridae spp.
word: disk-winged bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Thyropteridae spp.
word: disc bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Thyropteridae spp.
word: disk bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Scotozous dormeri
word: Dormer's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Epomophorini spp.
word: epaulet bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
roman: Epomophorini spp.
alt: Epomophorini spp.
word: epauletted bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Nycticeius humeralis
word: evening bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis vivesi
word: fish-eating bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Noctilionidae spp.
word: fishing bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Noctilionidae spp.
word: fisherman bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Anthops ornatus
word: flower-faced bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Murina florium
word: flute-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Kerivoula spp.
word: forest bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: fox bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Pteropodidae spp.
word: fox-bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Molossidae spp.
word: free-tailed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Trachops cirrhosus
word: fringe-lipped bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Vespertilio murinus
word: frosted bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Pteropodidae spp.
word: fruit bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Natalidae spp.
word: funnel-eared bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis emarginatus
word: Geoffroy's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Macroderma gigas
word: ghost bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Mormoops megalophylla
word: ghost-faced bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Pteropus spp.
word: giant bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Mimon bennettii
word: golden bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Phoniscus papuensis
word: golden-tipped bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis grisescens
word: gray bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis myotis
word: greater mouse-eared bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Phoniscus atrox
word: groove-toothed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Tadarida brasiliensis
word: guano bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Cheiromeles torquatus
word: hairless bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis annectans
word: hairy-faced bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lasiurus ebenus
word: hairy-tailed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Harpiocephalus spp.
word: hairy-winged bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Hypsignathus monstrosus
word: hammer-headed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Noctilio spp.
word: harelipped bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Scotomanes ornatus
word: harlequin bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: harpy bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: have bats in the belfry
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: have bats in one's belfry
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Cardioderma cor
word: heart-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lasiurus cinereus
word: hoary bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis formosus
word: Hodgson's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Craseonycteris thonglongyai
word: hog-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
english: Nycteris
translation: Nycteris
word: hollow-faced bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus floweri
word: horn-skinned bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Rhinolophidae spp.
word: horseshoe bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Horsfield's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis sodalis
word: Indiana bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Euderma maculata
word: jackass bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Phyllostomus hastatus
word: javelin bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Craseonycteris thonglongyai
word: Kitti's hog-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus kobayashii
word: Kobayashi's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis adversus
word: large-footed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
english: Phyllostomidae spp. and Hipposideridae spp.
translation: Phyllostomidae spp. and Hipposideridae spp.
word: leaf-nosed bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Nyctalus leisleri
word: Leisler's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: like a bat out of hell
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: long-eared bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Macrophyllum macrophyllum
word: long-legged bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: long-nosed bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: long-tongued bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Megaderma lyra
word: lyre bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Major's long-fingered bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: mastiff bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Yinpterochiroptera spp.
word: megabat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Microchiroptera spp.
word: microbat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Mola mola
word: mole bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Moloney's mimic bat Mimetillus moloneyi)
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Molossus tropidorhynchus
word: monk bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: moonbat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis morrisi
word: Morris's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis spp.
word: mouse-eared bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Rhinopoma spp.
word: mouse-tailed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Pteronotus davyi
word: naked-backed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Cheiromeles torquatus
word: naked bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis nattereri
word: Natterer's bat(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lasiurus borealis
word: New York bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: night-bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus nilssonii
word: northern bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Rhinonicteris aurantia
word: orange bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Kerivoula picta
word: painted bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Phylloderma stenops
word: pale-faced bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Pallas's long-tongued bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Antrozous pallidus
word: pallid bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: parti-coloured bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Vespertilio murinus
word: particoloured bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Hsunycteris pattoni
word: Patton's long-tongued bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Niumbaha superba
word: pied bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Pipistrellus spp.
word: pipistrelle bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Pipistrellus spp.
word: pipistrel bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis dasycneme
word: pond bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Rhynchonycteris naso
word: proboscis bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Mops thersites
word: railer bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lasiurus borealis
word: red bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis ridleyi
word: Ridley's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Hipposideros semoni
word: round-eared tube-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Hipposideros spp.
word: roundleaf bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Emballonuridae spp.
word: sac-winged bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Nycticeinops schlieffeni
word: Schlieffen's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: sea-bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: sea bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Ogcocephalidae spp.
word: seabat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lasiurus seminolus
word: Seminole bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: Semon's leaf-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Hipposideros semoni
word: Semon's roundleaf bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus serotinus
word: serotine bat)
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Emballonuridae spp.
word: sheath-tailed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Mystacina spp.
word: short-tailed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus serotinus
word: silky bat)
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lasionycteris noctivagans
word: silver-haired bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus nasutus
word: Sind bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Nycteris spp.
word: slit-faced bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Amorphochilus schnablii
word: smoky bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus tatei
word: sombre bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Glossophaga soricina
word: soricine bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Phyllostomidae spp.
word: spearnose bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: specter bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: spectre bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Vampyrum spectrum
word: spectral bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Euderma maculatum
word: spotted bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lasiurus castaneus
word: Tacarcuna bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Uroderma bilobatum
word: tent-making bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eptesicus pachyotis
word: thick-eared bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Hsunycteris thomasi
word: Thomas's nectar bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Furipterus horrens
word: thumbless bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Hesperoptenus tickelli
word: Tickell's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Rhinolophus montanus
word: Timorese horseshoe bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: tomb bat Taphozous spp.)
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Asellia tridens etc.
word: trident bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Musonycteris harrisoni
word: trumpet-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Nyctimene spp.
word: tube-nosed bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: vampire bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
alt: Bauerus dubiaquercus
word: Van Gelder's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Vespertilionidae spp.
word: vesper bat*
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis welwitschii
word: Welwitsch's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
word: werebat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Eumops perotis
word: western mastiff bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Myotis mystacinus
word: whiskered bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Diclidurus spp.
word: white bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Megaloglossus woermanni
word: Woermann's bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Centurio senex
word: wrinkle-faced bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Molossidae spp.
word: wrinkle-lipped bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Scotophilus nigrita
word: yellow bat
sense: terms derived from bat (flying animal)
taxonomic: Lavia frons
word: yellow-winged bat