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Webster 1913 Edition

(fĭl′lō̍-stōm)

Noun.

[

Phyllo-

+ Gr.

στόμα

mouth.]

(Zool.)

Any bat of the genus

Phyllostoma

, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.

phyllostome ‎(plural phyllostomes)

(zoology) Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.