| 单词 | phyllostome bat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasphyllostome bat A bat of the New World genus Phyllostomus or family Phyllostomidae, having a leaflike appendage of the snout; a phyllostomid. Also attributive in phyllostome bat. ΚΠ 1819 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. IV. xvii. 388 Bats, no doubt of the tribe of phyllostomes. 1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit., & Art 932/1 Phyllostomes, Phyllostomata, a family of bats, including those in which the nose supports a simple leaf-shaped appendage. 1893 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1892 15 437 On a new subfamily of phyllostome bats. 1899 Science 6 Oct. 492/2 There are of course omissions (e.g., a genus, subgenus and 5 species of phyllostome bats described by Miller in the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy Science, in July, 1898). 1906 N.E.D. (at cited word) Phyllostome. < as lemmas |
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