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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Useful english dictionary. 2012.