"horseshoe bat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horseshoe bats [plural]
Etymology: The name refers to a horseshoe-shaped protuberance which these bats have on their noses. Head templates: {{en-noun}} horseshoe bat (plural horseshoe bats)
  1. A bat of the genus Rhinolophus. Wikipedia link: horseshoe bat Categories (lifeform): Bats Derived forms: Damara horseshoe bat, Timorese horseshoe bat Translations (bat of the genus Rhinolophus): errinolofido (Basque), голям подковонос (goljam podkovonos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ratpenat de ferradura [masculine] (Catalan), 菊頭蝠 (Chinese Cantonese), 菊头蝠 (guk¹ tau⁴ fuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 菊頭蝠 (Chinese Mandarin), 菊头蝠 (jútóufú) (Chinese Mandarin), hevosenkenkäyökkö (Finnish), ცხვირნალისებრნი (cxvirnalisebrni) (Georgian), Hufeisennase (German), פרסף (Hebrew), patkósdenevérek (Hungarian), crú-ialtóg [feminine] (Irish), 관박쥐 (gwanbakjwi) (Korean), pasagnosiniai (Lithuanian), podkowiec [masculine] (Polish), liliac cu potcoavă (Romanian), подковоносые (podkovonosyje) (Russian), потковњак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), potkovnjak [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), murciélago de herradura [masculine] (Spanish), hästskonäsa [common-gender] (Swedish), nalburunlu yarasa (Turkish), nalburun yarasa (Turkish), dơi lá mũi (Vietnamese), ystlum trwyn pedol [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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