genus nyctimene

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   East Indian fruit bats

   SynonymsNyctimene

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofMegachiroptera

Questions about genus nyctimene

What does genus nyctimene mean?

genus nyctimene means "East Indian fruit bats".

What is another word for genus nyctimene?

Close synonyms include Nyctimene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus nyctimene a common word?

genus nyctimene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.