leaf-nosed_bat (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *leaf-nosed bat*:
NOUN	animal	leaf-nosed bat, leafnose bat	bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose

English > *leaf-nosed bat*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families ... / families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae.
Synonym	leafnose bat
Narrower	Phyllostomus hastatus	A variety of leaf-nosed bat
	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
Spanish	leafnose bat
Catalan	leafnose bat

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