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A member of the family Mormoopidae of small insectivorous bats of North and Central America, in which the nose leaf is absent or rudimentary, and the lips are elaborate and leaf-shaped.
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating the family Mormoopidae.
1970s; earliest use found in Journal of Mammalogy. From scientific Latin Mormoops, genus name + -id.