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Meaning of night-bat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A (night-flying) bat.
    Caribbean
  2. A ghost, an evil spirit.
    literary
  3. A large nocturnal moth.
    Jamaica

Examples

“there were found divers populous nations, in farre differing climates, that lived upon them; made provision of them, and carefully fed them; as also of grasse-hoppers, pissemires, lizards, and night-bats [translating chauvessouriz].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

night-biter night-blind night-blooming cereus night-blooming jasmine night-cap night-cart

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