insectivorous bat

noun

1. any bat of the suborder Microchiroptera, typically having large ears and feeding on insects. The group includes common bats ( Myotis species), vampire bats, etc Compare fruit bat

Example Sentences

But more than 40 percent of insectivorous bat species hunt by plucking prey resting on leaves or other surfaces.

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By the looks of it, Nepenthes hemsleyana, a pitcher plant in the peat swamp forests of Borneo, is gradually shrugging off meat eating in favor of the nitrogen-rich offerings of an insectivorous bat.

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