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phyllostome Zool.|ˈfɪləʊstəʊm|
[ad. mod.L. Phyllostoma, f. Gr. ϕύλλο-ν leaf + στόµα, στοµατ- mouth.]
A bat of the genus Phyllostoma or family Phyllostomatidæ, having a nose-leaf or other appendage of the snout. Also phylloˈstomatid, phyˈllostomid. So phylloˈstomatoid, phylloˈstomatous, phyˈllostomine, phyˈllostomoid, phyˈllostomous adjs., belonging to or having the characters of the Phyllostomatidæ.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Phyllostomatus, Phyllostomus, applied by Goldfuss, Gray [etc.] to a Family (Phyllostomata) of the Cheiroptera, having the nose or mouth encumbered with a simple leaf: phyllostomatous: phyllostomous. 1866Athenæum No. 2002. 339/1 Genera of phyllostomine or leaf-nosed bats. |