单词 | monk bat |
释义 | > as lemmasmonk bat ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Molossidae (mastiff bat) molossine1840 moloss1842 mastiff bat1851 monk bat1851 molossoid1890 molossid1958 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 294 The habit so strongly reminded me of a herd of monks shutting themselves up in a convent, that I thought the species might well be designated as the Monk Bat. 1877 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 320 In Jamaica it [sc. the smoky mastiff bat] was observed and described by Mr. Gosse under the name of the Monk Bat, in allusion to the fact that he found the species living in large communities, but always of one sex. < as lemmas |
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