horseshoe bat

What does horseshoe bat mean?

horseshoe bat means "any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is horseshoe bat a common word?

horseshoe bat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for horseshoe bat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.