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GENUS RHINONICTERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhinonicteris mean?
• GENUS RHINONICTERIS (noun)
The noun GENUS RHINONICTERIS has 1 sense:
1. orange horseshoe bats
Familiarity information: GENUS RHINONICTERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orange horseshoe bats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rhinonicteris; Rhinonicteris
Hypernyms ("genus Rhinonicteris" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rhinonicteris"):
orange bat; orange horseshoe bat; Rhinonicteris aurantius (a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur)
Holonyms ("genus Rhinonicteris" is a member of...):
family Hipposideridae; Hipposideridae (Old World leafnose bats)
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