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ORANGE HORSESHOE BAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orange horseshoe bat mean? 

ORANGE HORSESHOE BAT (noun)
  The noun ORANGE HORSESHOE BAT has 1 sense:

1. a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow furplay

  Familiarity information: ORANGE HORSESHOE BAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORANGE HORSESHOE BAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

orange bat; orange horseshoe bat; Rhinonicteris aurantius

Hypernyms ("orange horseshoe bat" is a kind of...):

leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)

Holonyms ("orange horseshoe bat" is a member of...):

genus Rhinonicteris; Rhinonicteris (orange horseshoe bats)


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