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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEAF-NOSED

LEAF-NOSED Leaf "-nosed `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

leaf-nosed bat

leaf-nosed bat ▶noun a bat with a leaflike appendage on the snout. [Families Hipposideridae (Old World ) and Phyllostomatidae (New World ): numerous species. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

leaf-nosed bat

leaf-nosed bat ▶noun a bat with a leaf-like appendage on the snout. ●Families Hipposideridae (Old World ) and Phyllostomatidae (New World ): numerous species.