chiroptophobia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Chiroptera (taxonomic order of bats) + -phobia.
Noun[edit]
chiroptophobia (uncountable)
- fear of bats (the flying mammals)
- 2011, Stephen McDonald, William Salomone, The Writer's Response, page 111:
- Bruce Wayne suffers from chiroptophobia. He rarely admits it.
- 2011, Linda S. Godfrey, Monsters of Wisconsin, page 37:
- Chiroptophobia, or the fear of bats, is a fairly common psychological trait. Even though most bats are small, timid creatures, something about those leathery wings and tiny fangs seems to trip our self-preservation alarms.