mormoopid
/ˌmɔːməʊˈɒpɪd/Zoology
noun
A member of the family Mormoopidae of small insectivorous bats of North and Central America, in which the nose leaf is absent or rudimentary, and the lips are elaborate and leaf-shaped.
adjective
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating the family Mormoopidae.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Journal of Mammalogy. From scientific Latin Mormoops, genus name + -id.
- nitronaphthalene
- nitrone
- nitronium
- nitroparaffin
- nitrophenol
- nitrophile
- nitrophilic
- nitrophilous
- nitrophily
- nitrophobe
- nitrophobic
- nitrophobous
- nitro powder
- nitro proof
- nitro-prove
- nitroprusside
- nitropyrene
- nitroreductase
- nitroreduction
- nitrosamide
- nitrosamine
- nitrosatable
- nitrosate
- nitrosated
- unguessable