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HOGNOSE BAT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hognose bat mean?

• HOGNOSE BAT (noun)
The noun HOGNOSE BAT has 1 sense:

1. small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose

Familiarity information: HOGNOSE BAT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOGNOSE BAT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Choeronycteris mexicana; hognose bat

Hypernyms ("hognose bat" is a kind of...):

leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)

Holonyms ("hognose bat" is a member of...):

Choeronycteris; genus Choeronycteris (a genus of Phyllostomatidae)

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