Definition of Orange bat

1. Noun. A common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Orange Bat

orally disintegrating tablet
oralnasal
orals
oran-outang
oran-outangs
oranda
orang
orang-outang
orang-utan
orang-utans
orange
orange-blossom orchid
orange-juice concentrate
orange G
orange balsam
orange bat (current term)
orange blister beetle
orange blister beetles
orange blossom
orange blossoms
orange daisy
orange fleabane
orange grove
orange hawkweed
orange horseshoe bat
orange juice
orange liqueur
orange marmalade
orange milkweed

Literary usage of Orange bat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"It has also been found in Bengal, in Dacca, where it is said not to be rare, and called the " orange bat," also in Ceylon, and in Burmah and Malayana. ..."

2. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter, Herbert Hope Risley, Hermann Michael Kisch (1875)
"The little striped or orange bat is so called from the golden colour of its fur; it inhabits the interior jungles, where, from its brilliant colour and ..."

3. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1880)
"Its shape is that of an orange bat it varies in size. It has the skin very soft and is of a delicious flavour. The beet are grown in the colder parts of ..."

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