insectivorous bat

British

noun

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

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

From Scientific American

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.

From New York Times

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