leaf-nosed bat

noun

bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae

• Syn: ↑leafnose bat

• Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous bat, ↑microbat

• Hyponyms:

↑macrotus, ↑Macrotus californicus, ↑spearnose bat, ↑Phyllostomus hastatus, ↑hognose bat, ↑Choeronycteris mexicana, ↑horseshoe bat, ↑orange bat, ↑orange horseshoe bat, ↑Rhinonicteris aurantius, ↑false vampire, ↑false vampire bat

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/leef"nohzd'/

any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.

[1865-70]

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leaf-nosed bat «LEEF _NOHZD»,

any one of a group of tropical bats with a leaflike projection of skin extending upward from the nose.

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n. a bat with a leaflike appendage on the snout. ● Families Hipposideridae (Old World) and Phyllostomatidae (New World): numerous species