Mormoops

Translingual
Mormoops megalophylla

Etymology

Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ, “a hideous she-monster, a bugbear”) +‎ -ops

Proper noun

Mormoops f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mormoopidae – the ghost-faced bats.

References
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