| 单词 | nose-leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnose-leaf nose-leaf n. a fleshy leaf-shaped structure on the nose of certain bats, used in the emission of echolocation pulses. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > member of family Megadermatidae > parts of leaf1819 nose-leaf1837 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 22/1 Nose-leaf simple, solitary. 1901 Amer. Naturalist 35 562 Muzzle and chin: Arrangement of nose leaf, horseshoe, etc...nearly as in the large H. armiger. 1994 Harper's Mag. Sept. 48/2 These particular bats had evolved highly elaborate nose leaves.., which allowed them to focus their echoways transmissions in a narrow beam. < as lemmas |
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