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Vampires were always able to transform into creatures of the night. The dark creatures like bats have always been associated with vampires and using the darkness to their own advantage.
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Meaning of "bats" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BATS

From bats-in-the-belfry.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BATS

bats  [bæts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BATS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bats is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BATS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bats

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, can only glide for short distances. Bats do not flap their entire forelimbs, as birds do, but instead flap their spread-out digits, which are very long and covered with a thin membrane or patagium. Bats are the second largest order of mammals, representing about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with about 1,240 bat species divided into two suborders: the less specialized and largely fruit-eating megabats, or flying foxes, and the highly specialized and echolocating microbats. About 70% of bat species are insectivores. Most of the rest are frugivores, or fruit eaters. A few species, such as the fish-eating bat, feed from animals other than insects, with the vampire bats being hematophagous, or feeding on blood. Bats are present throughout most of the world, performing vital ecological roles of pollinating flowers and dispersing fruit seeds.

Definition of bats in the English dictionary

The definition of bats in the dictionary is crazy; very eccentric.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BATS


CATS
kæts
combats
ˈkɒmbæts
congrats
kənˈɡræts
dingbats
ˈdɪŋˌbæts
ersatz
ˈɛəzæts
flats
flæts
Katz
ˈkæts
lats
læts
mudflats
mʌd flæts
Nats
ˈnæts
rats
ræts
SATs
sæts
stats
stæts
Tatt´s
tæts
that´s
ðæts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BATS

batology
baton
baton charge
Baton Rouge
baton round
baton twirler
batrachia
batrachian
batrachophobia
batrachophobic
bats-in-the-belfry
bats-wing coral-tree
batsman
batsmanship
batsmen
batswing
batswoman
batt
batta
battailous

WORDS THAT END LIKE BATS

Aragats
Cape Flats
Desert Rats
Eastern Ghats
eats
floats
Ghats
Greats
groats
John o´Groats
Keats
Liberal Democrats
long-coats
modern greats
oats
rolled oats
sweats
Western Ghats
wild oats
Yeats

Synonyms and antonyms of bats in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BATS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bats» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bats
bang · club · hit · punch · racket · rap · smack · stick · strike · swat · thump · wallop · whack

Translation of «bats» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BATS

Find out the translation of bats to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bats from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bats» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蝙蝠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

murciélagos
570 millions of speakers

English

bats
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चमगादड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخفافيش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

летучие мыши
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

morcegos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাদুড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les chauves-souris
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelawar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fledermäuse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コウモリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

박쥐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kelawar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dơi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளவால்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वटवाघळं
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarasalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pipistrelli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nietoperzy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кажани
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lilieci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νυχτερίδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlermuise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fladdermöss
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flaggermus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bats

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BATS»

The term «bats» is very widely used and occupies the 15.990 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BATS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bats» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bats» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bats

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10 QUOTES WITH «BATS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bats.
1
Richie Allen
I'd like to get out of Philadelphia. I don't care for the people or their attitude, although they don't bother me or my play. But maybe the Phillies can get a couple of broken bats and shower shoes for me.
2
Desi Arnaz
Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.
3
John Berryman
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.
4
Harsha Bhogle
Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.
5
Don Bluth
I remember when we were doing the first Dragon's Lair, I got really involved with coming up with all the little rooms and what was the danger in the room and going into it with bats and spiders and snakes.
6
Paul Broun
There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns.
7
Min-sik Choi
I admit that I've been beaten up so many times in films, but we do not fake it - we actually have to fight when we shoot to make it real and to save film and time. Even the props that are not real, like the bats are plastic, but they're still very hard, so it still hurts.
8
Noel Clarke
I did 'Kidulthood' and 'Adulthood,' and that's what people wanted and expect me to always do. They want me to do 'hood films and be the guy swinging baseball bats and saying 'Yo Blood' and beating up others in the street.
9
Luke Evans
Vampires were always able to transform into creatures of the night. The dark creatures like bats have always been associated with vampires and using the darkness to their own advantage.
10
Evelyn Glennie
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATS»

Discover the use of bats in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bats and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bats
Introduces bats, describing how they fly, hunt, live in colonies, roost, and care for their young.
Lily Wood, 2010
2
Bats
Describes the characteristics and habits of bats, strange-looking mammals about which many myths and misconceptions have arisen.
Joanna Foley, 1982
3
Bats
Describes the origin, characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of bats, explains the human threat to bats, and profiles various species of these creatures.
Peter Aleshire, 2011
4
Bats: From Evolution to Conservation
Covers the key aspects of bat biology, including evolution, flight, echolocation, hibernation, reproduction, feeding and roosting ecology, social behaviour, migration, population and community ecology, biogeography, and conservation.
John D. Altringham, 2011
5
The Biology of Bats
This book is a comprehensive introduction to their biology. Suitable as a textbook for undergraduates and written by one of the world's leading researchers, the book offers an accessible summary of the extensive body of research on bats.
Gerhard Neuweiler, 2000
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Bats: A Community Perspective
This book begins with an overview of bat biology, including their systematic diversity and methodological problems in bat research. This is followed by examples of local bat community surveys from the major biogeographic regions.
James Smith Findley, 1993
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Bats
FEATURES- Full-color photography- Guaranteed sewn library binding- Table of contents, index, and glossary- Additional resources, facts, and an activity- Accelerated Reader quizzes available Spring 2004
Ann Heinrichs, 2003
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Bats
Presents an introduction to bats, discussing their physical characteristics, habitat, feeding habits, and predators.
Elizabeth Carney, 2010
9
Bats: Mysterious Flyers of the Night
Discusses myths about bats, how bats travel and where they live, their food, migration, and life cycle, and the dangers they face
Dee Stuart, 1994
10
Bats
Presents information about bats, including their physical characteristics, feeding habits, nocturnal behavior, and future threats to their survival.
Megan Cullis, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bats is used in the context of the following news items.
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Drought brings bats closer to populated areas
Lisa Almaguer, Butte County's communications manager, said five bats with rabies were recently found in Chico, including one in One Mile ... «KRCRTV.COM, Jul 15»
2
Bats' offense stagnant in 3-0 road loss to Indy
The Louisville Bats (41-44) dropped the final road game of a split six-game series with the Indianapolis Indians (51-34) 3-0 on Monday. «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
3
Bats do it, dolphins do it. Now humans can do it too.
UC Berkeley physicists have used graphene to build lightweight ultrasonic loudspeakers and microphones, enabling people to mimic bats or ... «UC Berkeley, Jul 15»
4
5 bats Mets can target to platoon with regressing Juan Lagares
Giving Lagares the at-bats for development was for 2013-14. More troubling is the Mets are giving him these at-bats because they lack better ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
5
Dodgers' Rollins bats ninth in reunion with Phillies
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Jimmy Rollins (11) follows through on a 3-run home run against the San Diego Padres in the 2015 MLB ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
6
Bats' Rodriguez called up by Reds
Rodriguez garnered the Bats' player of the month honors for June after batting .321 during the month with 19 RBIs. He was also named to MLB ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
7
Bats Suffers a 30-Minute Trading Outage on Its EDGX Stock Market
Technical difficulties forced Bats Global Markets Inc. to halt trading on its second-largest stock exchange for more than 30 minutes on Monday ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
8
Loch Ness lay-by works affected by nearby bats
BATS living in a wall overlooking Loch Ness could delay the ... and Fort Augustus, but they face being affected by the discovery of the bats. «Scotsman, Jul 15»
9
SC bats for single moms, uniform civil code, says keep religion away …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said religion must be kept at a distance from law in a secular country like India and favoured ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Cancer Bats Announce Reading And Leeds Warm-Up Show
You can catch Cancer Bats with the likes of Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon, All Time Low, BABYMETAL, Panic! At The Disco, The Gaslight ... «Kerrang!, Jul 15»

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