horseshoe bat

English

Etymology

The name refers to a horseshoe-shaped protuberance which these bats have on their noses.

Noun

horseshoe bat (plural horseshoe bats)

1. A bat of the genus Rhinolophus.

Derived terms

• Damara horseshoe bat
• Timorese horseshoe bat

 

Translations

bat of the genus Rhinolophus

• Basque: errinolofido
• Bulgarian: голям подковонос m (goljam podkovonos)
• Catalan: ratpenat de ferradura m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 菊頭蝠／菊头蝠 (guk¹ tau⁴ fuk¹)

  Mandarin: 菊頭蝠／菊头蝠 (jútóufú)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hevosenkenkäyökkö
• Georgian: ცხვირნალისებრნი (cxvirnalisebrni)
• German: Hufeisennase
• Hebrew: פרסף
• Hungarian: patkósdenevérek
• Irish: crú-ialtóg f
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• Korean: 관박쥐 (gwanbakjwi)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: pasagnosiniai
• Polish: podkowiec m
• Romanian: liliac cu potcoavă
• Russian: подковоносые (podkovonosyje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: потковњак m

  Latin: potkovnjak m

• Spanish: murciélago de herradura m
• Swedish: hästskonäsa c
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• Turkish: nalburunlu yarasa, nalburun yarasa
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• Welsh: ystlum trwyn pedol m