Leaf-nosed bat
[leef-nohzd] /ˈlifˌnoʊzd/
noun
1.
any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
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