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HORSESHOE BAT

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Sense 1

Meaning:

A bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("horseshoe bat" is a kind of...):

leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)

Holonyms ("horseshoe bat" is a member of...):

family Rhinolophidae; Rhinolophidae (Old World leaf-nosed bats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("horseshoe bat" is a kind of...):

leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)

Holonyms ("horseshoe bat" is a member of...):

genus Hipposideros; Hipposideros (horseshoe bats)

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