| Meaning | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families ... / families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae. |
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| Synonym | leafnose bat |
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| Narrower | Phyllostomus hastatus | A variety of leaf-nosed bat |
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| false vampire, false vampire bat | Any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects |
| hognose bat, Choeronycteris mexicana | 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 |
| macrotus, Macrotus californicus | large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico |
| orange bat, orange horseshoe bat, Rhinonicteris aurantius | A common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur |
| spearnose bat | New World bat with a pointed nose leaf |
| Broader | carnivorous bat, microbat | typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects |
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| Spanish | leafnose bat |
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| Catalan | leafnose bat |
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