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Noun: fruit bat  froot bat
  1. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
    "Fruit bats play an important role in seed dispersal in tropical ecosystems";
    - megabat

Derived forms: fruit bats

Type of: bat, chiropteran, flittermouse [archaic]

Part of: Megachiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera

Encyclopedia: Fruit bat