horseshoe bat

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 Japanese: please add this translation if you can Khmer: please add this translation if you can 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 Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: nalburunlu yarasa, nalburun yarasa Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: ystlum trwyn pedol m