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| Noun | 1. |  leaf-nosed bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridaecarnivorous bat, microbat - typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution macrotus, Macrotus californicus - large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico spearnose bat - New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay Phyllostomus hastatus - a variety of leaf-nosed bat Choeronycteris mexicana, hognose bat - small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose horseshoe bat - a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose horseshoe bat - any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose orange bat, orange horseshoe bat, Rhinonicteris aurantius - a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur false vampire, false vampire bat - any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects |
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