LEAF-NOSED BAT
Dictionary entry overview: What does leaf-nosed bat mean?
• LEAF-NOSED BAT (noun)
The noun LEAF-NOSED BAT has 1 sense:
1. bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
Familiarity information: LEAF-NOSED BAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LEAF-NOSED BAT (noun)
Meaning:
Bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat
Hypernyms ("leaf-nosed bat" is a kind of...):
carnivorous bat; microbat (typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leaf-nosed bat"):
macrotus; Macrotus californicus (large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico)
spearnose bat (New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay)
Phyllostomus hastatus (a variety of leaf-nosed bat)
Choeronycteris mexicana; hognose bat (small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose)
horseshoe bat (a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose)
horseshoe bat (any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose)
orange bat; orange horseshoe bat; Rhinonicteris aurantius (a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur)
false vampire; false vampire bat (any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects)
