RHINONICTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhinonicteris mean? 

• RHINONICTERIS (noun)
  The noun RHINONICTERIS has 1 sense:

1. orange horseshoe bats

  Familiarity information: RHINONICTERIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINONICTERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Orange horseshoe bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rhinonicteris; Rhinonicteris

Hypernyms ("Rhinonicteris" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Rhinonicteris"):

orange bat; orange horseshoe bat; Rhinonicteris aurantius (a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur)

Holonyms ("Rhinonicteris" is a member of...):

family Hipposideridae; Hipposideridae (Old World leafnose bats)