SPEARNOSE BAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spearnose bat mean? 

• SPEARNOSE BAT (noun)
  The noun SPEARNOSE BAT has 1 sense:

1. New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEARNOSE BAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spearnose 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 ("spearnose bat" is a member of...):

genus Phyllostomus; Phyllostomus (type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae)