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horseshoe bat
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horseshoe bat
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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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Noun1.horseshoe bat - any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nosehorseshoe bat - any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
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
genus Hipposideros, Hipposideros - horseshoe bats
2.horseshoe bat - a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
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
family Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophidae - Old World leaf-nosed bats
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And 600 threatened horseshoe bats - so called because of their notable noses - reckon the building at a secret spot on the Gower in South Wales is what they've always been rafter.
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