tomb bat

Presumably so-called as some were found inhabiting in tombs.

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tomb bat (plural tomb bats)

1. Any of various species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous

• “tomb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.