Etymology

Semon's leaf-nosed bat

Today it means: Hipposideros semoni, a bat in the family Hipposideridae, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Full definition →

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The story

Named for German zoologist Richard Semon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.