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Hipposideros

noun

horseshoe bats

• Syn: ↑genus Hipposideros

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hipposideridae, ↑family Hipposideridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑horseshoe bat

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\\ˌhi(ˌ)pōsə̇ˈdirəs, -ˌsīˈd-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hipp- + Greek sidēros iron, object made of iron

: a large genus (the type of the family Hipposideridae) of horseshoe bats comprising some 40 species and ranging from northwest Africa to the Philippines and Australia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.