batlike
- a word derived from bat.
Example Sentences
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They tap on logs at an astounding seven raps per second, listening with their batlike ears for the sound of voids in the wood—tunnels gnawed by insects.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2022
Aye-ayes combine batlike echolocation with a woodpecker’s appetite for grubs.
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2019
Cale, wearing a batlike cape, rose, raised his arms, and headed toward the stage.
From The New Yorker • May 3, 2017
On still rings, he hung upside down, batlike, for several moments.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2012
With a tingle of horror, Harry saw in the distance a huge, batlike shape flying through the darkness toward the perimeter wall.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
