FAMILY RHINOLOPHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Rhinolophidae mean? 

• FAMILY RHINOLOPHIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY RHINOLOPHIDAE has 1 sense:

1. Old World leaf-nosed bats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY RHINOLOPHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World leaf-nosed bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Rhinolophidae; Rhinolophidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Rhinolophidae"):

horseshoe bat (a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose)

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

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