leaf-nosed bat

[ leef-nohzd ]

noun
  1. any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.

Origin of leaf-nosed bat

1
First recorded in 1865–70

Words Nearby leaf-nosed bat

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