ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Night-bat

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Night-bat is a noun meaning (now only Caribbean) A (night-flying) bat.

Meaning

(now only Caribbean) A (night-flying) bat.

More Meanings

  1. (now literary) A ghost, an evil spirit.
  2. (Jamaica) A large nocturnal moth.

Example Sentences

there were found divers populous nations, in farre differing climates, that lived upon them; made provision of them, and carefully fed them; as also of grasse-hoppers, pissemires, lizards, and night-bats [translating chauvessouriz].

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include noctule, bullbat, nighthawk, flitterbat, noctilionoid, night-biter.

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