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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:
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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