Worldwide in distribution

• Typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution [syn: carnivorous bat ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The microbats constitute the now outdated suborder Microchiroptera within the order Chiroptera ( bats ). Bats were once differentiated into Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera, based on their size; but available molecular evidence has now shown this to be ...