horseshoe bat

British  

noun

1. any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats, mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils, used in echolocation: family Rhinolophidae

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Example Sentences

Tom Kitchling, bat conservation officer for the VWT, said the site was the home of the first population of the greater horseshoe bat in Sussex, and was the only breeding roost.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2023

For example, the northern short-tailed shrew weighs roughly the same amount as the greater horseshoe bat.

From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2023

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is believed to have originated in in a horseshoe bat.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022

The finding, reported in a paper released Friday that's under consideration for publication, shows that viruses closely related to the virus exist in nature, including in several Rhinolophus, or horseshoe bat, species.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2021

One day I explored some caves in the sandstone cliffs at Port Albany in quest of bats, and was fortunate enough to get quite a new Rhinolophus or horseshoe bat.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John