orange horseshoe bat
- noun
- Australian
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murciélago de herradura naranja
- The bright fur of the orange horseshoe bat makes it easy to distinguish from other bat species.
Examples
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The orange horseshoe bat is native to the forests of northwestern Australia.
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Researchers observed a colony of orange horseshoe bats roosting in a remote cave.
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The orange horseshoe bat is native to Australia.
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Many orange horseshoe bats roost in large colonies.
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Researchers observed a colony of orange horseshoe bats roosting in a remote cave.
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The orange horseshoe bat is native to the forests of northwestern Australia.
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The bright fur of the orange horseshoe bat makes it easy to distinguish from other bat species.
Synonyms
A bat with bright orange or yellow fur from northwest Australia
A group of orange horseshoe bats that live in Australia
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositional: 'orange' describes color and combines with 'horseshoe bat' (a bat named for a horseshoe-shaped feature), so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it refers to a horseshoe-type bat that is orange in color. This adjective + noun and noun+noun naming pattern is standard and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning directly derivable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Orange horseshoe bat is named for two simple images: its bright orange 'fur' and the skin around its 'nose' that makes a shape like a horseshoe. So the name helps you picture and recognise this kind of bat with orange fur and a horseshoe-shaped nose.
