[…] they cling, like creepers or women, to the nearest support, to fly from that corroding ennui and listlessness, those tumults of the mind, which flit batlike amid the golden-groined ceilings, and cannot be dispelled by the lictor guard.

There was a trap somewhere, I felt sure; and though I didn't know the term "hush-money," its meaning flittered, bat-like, about my mind.

The most famous of these Los Caprichos is “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” (plate 43), which has a sky full of batlike creatures.

His sketches show the details of batlike wings which were to spread out on the downward stroke and fold up with the upward stroke.

The Oilbird is one of the few bird species to use batlike echolocation to help navigate the night and cave darkness.

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