megacosm

[Pref. mega-, and Gr. kosmos the world.] The great world; the universe; the macrocosm. měg-a-derm, 8. [MEGA DERMA.] Any individual of the cheiropterous genus Mega derma (q. v.). African Megaderm: Zoology : 1. Mega derma frons , from Senegal and Guinea. The nose-leaf is large; the earlet long; the ears united by their inner margin for about half their length. Fur, of an ashy color, with a yellowish tinge. 2. Mega derma cor , an Egyptian species, described by Prof. Peters. It resembles the foregoing species in all but the nose-leaf, which is more like that of M. spasm a , the Cordate Leaf-bat.