GENUS HIPPOSIDEROS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hipposideros mean? 

• GENUS HIPPOSIDEROS (noun)
  The noun GENUS HIPPOSIDEROS has 1 sense:

1. horseshoe bats

  Familiarity information: GENUS HIPPOSIDEROS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HIPPOSIDEROS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Horseshoe bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hipposideros; Hipposideros

Hypernyms ("genus Hipposideros" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hipposideros"):

horseshoe bat (any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose)

Holonyms ("genus Hipposideros" is a member of...):

family Hipposideridae; Hipposideridae (Old World leafnose bats)