"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 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), ystlum trwyn pedol [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "word": "Damara horseshoe bat"
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          "word": "Timorese horseshoe bat"
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "errinolofido"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "goljam podkovonos",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "голям подковонос"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ratpenat de ferradura"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "菊頭蝠"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "菊头蝠"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "菊頭蝠"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jútóufú",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "菊头蝠"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "hevosenkenkäyökkö"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "cxvirnalisebrni",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "ცხვირნალისებრნი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "Hufeisennase"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "פרסף"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "patkósdenevérek"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crú-ialtóg"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwanbakjwi",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "관박쥐"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "pasagnosiniai"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podkowiec"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "liliac cu potcoavă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podkovonosyje",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "подковоносые"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "потковњак"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "potkovnjak"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "murciélago de herradura"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hästskonäsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "nalburunlu yarasa"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "word": "nalburun yarasa"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ystlum trwyn pedol"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "horseshoe bat"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "horseshoe bat"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Damara horseshoe bat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Timorese horseshoe bat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The name refers to a horseshoe-shaped protuberance which these bats have on their noses.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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      ],
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        "A bat of the genus Rhinolophus."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "errinolofido"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "goljam podkovonos",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голям подковонос"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ratpenat de ferradura"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "菊頭蝠"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "guk¹ tau⁴ fuk¹",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "菊头蝠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "菊頭蝠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jútóufú",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "菊头蝠"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "hevosenkenkäyökkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cxvirnalisebrni",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "ცხვირნალისებრნი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "Hufeisennase"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "פרסף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "patkósdenevérek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crú-ialtóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwanbakjwi",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "관박쥐"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "pasagnosiniai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podkowiec"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "liliac cu potcoavă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkovonosyje",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "подковоносые"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "потковњак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "potkovnjak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "murciélago de herradura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hästskonäsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "nalburunlu yarasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "word": "nalburun yarasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bat of the genus Rhinolophus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ystlum trwyn pedol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "horseshoe bat"
}

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