HIPPOSIDERIDAE

Meaning of HIPPOSIDERIDAE in English

Old World leaf-nosed bats

Animal names in Latin and English dict. Словарь названий животных в латинском и английском . 2012

HIPPOSIDERIDAE — family of insect-eating bats, suborder Microchiroptera, known collectively as Old World leaf-nosed bats. Hipposiderid bats are characterized by a complex …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEAF-NOSED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having a leaflike membrane or plate on the nose — used especially of bats of the families …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORSESHOE BAT — noun : any of several bats of the Old World (families Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae) having a more or less horseshoe-shaped …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIPPOSIDEROS — ˌhi(ˌ)pōsə̇ˈdirəs, -ˌsīˈd- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from hipp- + Greek sidēros iron, object made of iron : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAF-NOSED BAT — /leef"nohzd'/ any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAF-NOSED BAT — any of the bats belonging to the families Phyllostomatidae and Hipposideridae (qq.v.).
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HORSESHOE BAT — any of about 70 species of large-eared, insect-eating bats of the genera Rhinolophus and Rhinomegalophus, family Rhinolophidae. Horseshoe bats are …
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