SPEARNOSE BAT

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Meaning:

New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spearnose 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 ("spearnose bat" is a member of...):

genus Phyllostomus; Phyllostomus (type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae)

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