horseshoe bat

horseshoe bat

n (Animals) any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats, mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils, used in echolocation: family Rhinolophidae

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Noun	1.	horseshoe bat - any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the noseleafnose bat, leaf-nosed bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridaegenus Hipposideros, Hipposideros - horseshoe bats
	2.	horseshoe bat - a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the noseleafnose bat, leaf-nosed bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridaefamily Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophidae - Old World leaf-nosed bats