Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun horseshoe_bat

2 senses of horseshoe bat

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

Sense 2
horseshoe bat -- (a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose)
       => leafnose bat, leaf-nosed bat -- (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)