Phyllos tom a (filos tom a)

[NL. (Geoffroy, 1797): see phyllo stomatous.] A South American genus of phyllos to mine bats from which the subfamily and the family each takes its name. P. hastatum is one of the largest bats of South America, next in size to Vampirus spectrum; P. elonga tum is smaller, with a larger nose-leaf. Phyllos tom a tidæ (fil"ō-sto-mat'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Phyllos tom a ( -stomat- ) + -idæ .] A fam- ily of tropical and subtropical American bats of the emball on urine series. They have a nose-leaf or other cutaneous appendages of the snout (somewhat as in Rhinolophidæ or horseshoe-bats, which are, however, of a different alliance (the vespertilionine)), three phalanges of the middle finger, and large middle upper incisors. The eyes are comparatively large, and there is a distinct tragus (wanting in Rhino lop hide ). The family includes the vampire-bats, some of which are true blood-suckers, as the genera Desmodon and Diphylla . The presence of variously formed appendages of the snout has often caused bats of this group to be confused with the horseshoe-bats; but the presence of a tragus alone is sufficient to dist in- guish the phyllos tomes. Leading genera are Mormops , Vampirus , Phyllos tom a , Glo ophaga , Steno derma , and Desmodon. The family is divisible into Phyllos to matinæ and Lobos to matinæ . Also Phyllos to midæ . Phyllos tom a tine (fil-o-sto-ma-tīnē), n . pl . family of New World bats of the family Phyllo- [NL., Phyllos tom a ( -stomat- ) + -inæ.]. A sub- leaf and either foliaceous or warty appendages stomatidæ , having a distinct diversiform nose- of the chin. See cuts under Desmodontes , Glo ophaga , Steno derma , and Vampyrus . phyllo stomatous (fil-o-stoma-tus), a. [ στόμα , mouth. Leaf-nosed, as phyllos to me (filō-stom), n. [ phyllos to- a bat; belonging to the family Phyllos tom a tidæ . ma .] A leaf-nosed bat of the genus Phyllos to- ma or family Phyllos tom a tidæ . Phyllos to midæ (fil-o-stom'i-dē), n. pl. pl . [NL., Phyllos tom a + -idæ.] Same as Phyllos to- IMG:content-0085.jpg:[graphic] matidæ.