单词 | leaf-nosed |
释义 | leaf-nosedadj. Zoology. Having a leaf-like appendage on the snout; esp. designating bats of the New World family Phyllostomidae and Old World family Hipposideridae.Cf. nose-leaf n. at nose n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > of miscellaneous types leaf-nosed1827 pteropine1836 mystacinous1839 noctilionine1843 the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > belonging to suborder Microchiroptera > belonging to family Phyllostomidae or leaf-nosed leaf-nosed1827 phyllostomatous1858 phyllostomous1858 phyllostomine1866 glossophagine1884 nose-leafed1884 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > leaf-nosed leaf-nosed1827 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 10 Vespertilio Sorocinus, (Anglicè leaf-nosed bat). 1841 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 43) 58 The true Leaf-nosed kinds [of bats]..have the nasal disk expanded into a distinct leaf. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 64 The Phyllostomidæ. This family contains the simple Leaf-nosed Bats. 1954 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 69 28/1 Another leaf-nosed bat resembling the long-nosed bat is the hog-nosed bat (Choeronycteris mexicana). 1971 J. Stidworthy Snakes of World 79 The Leaf-nosed Snakes of the Phyllorhynchus species are so named because the rostral shield..is enlarged and flattened. 2000 S. J. Phillips & P. W. Comus Nat. Hist. Sonoran Desert 465/1 The California leaf-nosed bat has ears longer than 1 inch... Other leaf-nosed bats have much smaller ears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1827 |
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