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Taphozous perforatus

Tomb \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. ? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.]

  1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

    As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
    --Shak.

  2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. ``In tomb of marble stones.''
    --Chaucer.

  3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

    Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
    --Shak.

    Tomb bat (Zo["o]l.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species ( Taphozous perforatus).