Nyctophile

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nyctophile \Nyc"to*phile\, n. [Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, night + ? to
     love.] (Zool.)
     Any Australian bat of the genus {Nyctophilus}, having a very
     simple nasal appendage.
     [1913 Webster]