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HOGNOSE BAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose
Synonyms:
Choeronycteris mexicana; hognose bat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hognose bat" is a kind of...):
leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)
Holonyms ("hognose bat" is a member of...):
Choeronycteris; genus Choeronycteris (a genus of Phyllostomatidae)