Glossophaga

noun

Glos·​soph·​a·​ga

: a genus of small South American bats (family Phyllostomatidae) having a long extensile tongue apparently used to scoop out the inside of fruits

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from gloss- + -phaga

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