bat (heraldry)

In heraldry, a bat is a symbol that represents a furry creature with wings that likes to fly around at night and eat insects. It is often depicted in a traditional way, with its wings spread out and its head facing forward. This symbol is used to represent certain traits or characteristics that are associated with bats, such as their ability to see in the dark or their association with spooky things like Halloween. In the art of heraldry, which is a way of decorating coats of arms, flags, and other things with different symbols, the bat is just one of many different animals, plants, and objects that can be used to represent different ideas or concepts. So if you ever see a coat of arms that has a bat on it, you can think of it as a symbol of all the cool things that bats can do!