spotted bat

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   a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears

   Synonymsjackass batEuderma maculata

   Broadervespertilian bat

   Part ofEuderma

Questions about spotted bat

What does spotted bat mean?

spotted bat means "a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears".

What is another word for spotted bat?

Close synonyms include jackass bat, Euderma maculata. 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 spotted bat a common word?

spotted bat 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.