Phyllostome

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

  Phyllostome \Phyl"lo*stome\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*st[=o]m), n. [Phyllo-
     + Gr. sto`ma mouth.] (Zool.)
     Any bat of the genus {Phyllostoma}, or allied genera, having
     large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
     [1913 Webster]