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HIPPOSIDEROS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hipposideros mean?
• HIPPOSIDEROS (noun)
The noun HIPPOSIDEROS has 1 sense:
1. horseshoe bats
Familiarity information: HIPPOSIDEROS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Horseshoe bats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hipposideros; Hipposideros
Hypernyms ("Hipposideros" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("Hipposideros" is a member of...):
family Hipposideridae; Hipposideridae (Old World leafnose bats)
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