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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) "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." (English proverb) "In death, I am born." (Native American proverb, Hopi) "If the wind comes from an empty cave, it's not without a reason." (Chinese proverb) "Misery enjoys company." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: Meaning of Phyllostomus hastatus Pronunciation of hognose bat Meaning of horseshoe bat Pronunciation of horseshoe bat Meaning of orange horseshoe bat
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