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HORSESHOE BAT

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• HORSESHOE BAT (noun)
The noun HORSESHOE BAT has 2 senses:

1. any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
2. a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose

Familiarity information: HORSESHOE BAT used as a noun is rare.

• HORSESHOE BAT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("horseshoe 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 ("horseshoe bat" is a member of...):

genus Hipposideros; Hipposideros (horseshoe bats)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("horseshoe 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 ("horseshoe bat" is a member of...):

family Rhinolophidae; Rhinolophidae (Old World leaf-nosed bats)

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Useful links:
Definition of family Rhinolophidae
Definition of Rhinolophidae
Definition of leafnose bat
Definition of genus Hipposideros
Definition of Hipposideros

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