NOUN
- a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
- any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
How To Use horseshoe bat In A Sentence
- There is a colony of lesser horseshoe bat in the cave. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
- The underground galleries hold ten species of wintering bat in reasonable numbers including the rare and Shreiber's bat Miniopterus schreibersi, lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (VU), long-fingered bat Myotis capaccinii (VU), greater mouse-eared bat M. myotis, Savi's pipistrelle Pipistrellus savii and western barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus (VU). Skocjan Caves Regional Park, Slovenia
- Horseshoe bats have a special kind of echolocation (termed ‘high duty cycle’), which allows them to use the Doppler shift to detect the flutter of moth wings.
- A 'private bandwidth' for communication in bats: Evidence from insular horseshoe bats August 13th, 2007
- We studied the echolocation calls and acoustic response properties in the inferior colliculus of the least horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pusillus.
- By the time we had passed Pip, Chris & the Gloucester contingent on their way out, and tippy-toed past the four sleepy Lesser Horseshoe bats, we were well into the cave.
- There is a colony of lesser horseshoe bat in the cave. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
