Bats
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A bat
is a flying mammal in the Chiroptera order.
Bats may also refer to:
Sr. Rosemarie Freitag, a nun with an attitude who resembles a bat.
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
is a flying mammal in the Chiroptera order.
Bats may also refer to:
Films
- Bats (film)Bats (film)Bats is a 1999 horror film, directed by Louis Morneau and produced by Destination Films. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton and Leon.-Plot:...
(1999), starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Bob Gunton - Bats: Human HarvestBats: Human HarvestBats: Human Harvest is a 2007 Sci-Fi Channel original movie, directed by Jamie Dixon, and starring David Chokachi, Tomas Arana, Bill Cusack, and Melissa De Sousa.-Plot:...
(2007)
Groups
- Bats peopleBats peopleThe Bats people or the Batsbi are a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia who are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian province of Tusheti , where they are believed to have settled after migrating from the North Caucasus in the 16th...
, a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia - Bats (band)Bats (band)Bats are a five piece band based in Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 2007, they are a blend of post-punk, hardcore and metal, with lyrics drawing heavily from science subject areas.The début EP Cruel Sea Scientist was released in 2007 on Armed Ambition...
, a Dublin, IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
based Progressive / Post-punk / Metal band - The BatsThe BatsThe Bats are an influential New Zealand rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch by Paul Kean , Malcolm Grant , Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward...
, a New Zealand rock band - BATS ImprovBATS ImprovBATS Improv is a non-profit improvisational theatre company in San Francisco. Founded in 1986, their unique style of acting-based improvisational theatre is well-known in improv circles around the world...
, an improvisational theatre company in San Francisco, United States - Bats Exchange, IncBats Exchange, IncBATS is a stock exchange based in Lenexa, Kansas, a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri. BATS was founded in June 2005 as an ECN and its name stands for Better Alternative Trading System....
, an electronic equities exchange based in Kansas City, Kansas, United States
People
- Joël BatsJoël BatsJoël Bats is a retired goalkeeper and French international footballer.-Goalkeeper:Bats began his professional career with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 1974, moving on to newly promoted AJ Auxerre the following year...
(b. 1957), a former French goalkeeper and international footballer.
Sr. Rosemarie Freitag, a nun with an attitude who resembles a bat.
Places
- BATS, acronym for Bermuda Atlantic Time-series StudyBermuda Atlantic Time-series StudyThe Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study is a long-term oceanographic study by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences . Based on regular research cruises, it samples an area of the western Atlantic Ocean nominally at the coordinates...
, a long-term oceanographic study site - Bats, LandesBats, LandesBats is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....
, a commune in France - BATS TheatreBats TheatreBATS Theatre is New Zealand's leading venue for the development of new theatre practitioners and plays. Most of the productions at Bats Theatre are New Zealand works...
, a New Zealand theatre venue
Languages
- Bats languageBats languageBats is the language of the Bats people, a Caucasian minority group, and is part of the Nakh family of Caucasian languages. It had 2,500 to 3,000 speakers in 1975....
, the language spoken by the Bats peopleBats peopleThe Bats people or the Batsbi are a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia who are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian province of Tusheti , where they are believed to have settled after migrating from the North Caucasus in the 16th... - Slang term for Battle buddyBattle buddyA Battle Buddy is a partner assigned to a fellow soldier in the United States Armed Forces. Assigned in pairs, each Battle Buddy is expected to assist his or her partner both in and out of combat...