Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun leaf-nosed_bat

1 sense of leaf-nosed bat

Sense 1
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)
       => carnivorous bat, microbat -- (typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution)