'Taphozous perforatus' definitions:

Definition of 'Taphozous perforatus'

From: GCIDE

Tomb \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. ? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.]
1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. [1913 Webster]
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In tomb of marble stones." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. [1913 Webster]
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Tomb bat (Zool.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus). [1913 Webster]