leknit noun English. Smallest of local bats (ca. 15 cm. wingspan), fruit and insect eater. Example sentence: Subanen. Kig leknit, lumayug sa' gebii, maa' da palas lambatan, laak maika'en. English. The leknit bats that fly around at night look like lambatan bats, but they are smaller. c.f. egwang; elekting; kabeg; lambatan