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Definition of Hipposideros
1. Noun. Horseshoe bats.
Exact synonyms: Genus Hipposideros
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae
Member holonyms: Horseshoe Bat
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae
Member holonyms: Horseshoe Bat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hipposideros
Literary usage of Hipposideros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. East African Mammals in the United States National Museum by Ned Hollister (1918)
"Genus hipposideros Gray. 1831. hipposideros GRAY, Zool. Misc., p. 37. ...
The species is usually readily separable from hipposideros caffer by bulk alone; ..."
2. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"hipposideros, Gray. Char.—Nasal leaf, broad, depressed, transverse ; ears, with
transverse' ... hipposideros armiger. HODGSON, JAS, IV. 699.—BLYTH, Cat. 74. ..."
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