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FAMILY HIPPOSIDERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hipposideridae mean? 

FAMILY HIPPOSIDERIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY HIPPOSIDERIDAE has 1 sense:

1. Old World leafnose batsplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY HIPPOSIDERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY HIPPOSIDERIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World leafnose bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Hipposideridae; Hipposideridae

Hypernyms ("family Hipposideridae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Hipposideridae"):

genus Hipposideros; Hipposideros (horseshoe bats)

genus Rhinonicteris; Rhinonicteris (orange horseshoe bats)

Holonyms ("family Hipposideridae" is a member of...):

Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)


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