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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 fur
Familiarity information: ORANGE HORSESHOE BAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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