horseshoe bat in English

noun
1
an insectivorous Old World bat with a horseshoe-shaped ridge on the nose.
One threatened species, the lesser horseshoe bat , was only detected on organic farms.

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1. Water voles are declining, but brown hare and polecat populations are rising. Greater and lesser horseshoe bat populations have risen 32% and 41% respectively over the past 10 years.