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brown bat
noun
- any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus little brown bat and E. fuscus big brown bat, a widespread North American species.
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Elephants spend almost every hour awake, while little brown bats spend almost every hour asleep.
White Otter had skinned and dried and tanned the skin of the little brown bat, and covered it with gaudy porcupine decorations.
People in the camp were beginning to say "the little brown bat boy" as he passed them by.
"Go now; your time has come," said the little brown bat on White Otter's scalp-lock.
The skin of the little brown bat did not comfort the Fire Eater in his fallen state.
Pipistrel, Pipistrelle, pip-is-trel′, n. a small reddish-brown bat.
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