horseshoe : Idioms & Phrases

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asian horseshoe crab

  • noun horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia
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Horsehoe head

  • (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison.
Webster 1913

Horsehoe magnet

  • an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe.
Webster 1913

Horsehoe nail

  • . See Horsenail.
Webster 1913

Horsehoe nose

  • (Zoöl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.
Webster 1913

horseshoe arch

  • noun a round arch that widens before rounding off
    Moorish arch.
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horseshoe bat

  • noun any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
  • noun a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
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horseshoe crab

  • noun large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
    Limulus polyphemus; king crab; Xiphosurus polyphemus.
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horseshoe falls

  • noun a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario
    Canadian Falls.
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horseshoe vetch

  • noun European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
    Hippocrepis comosa.
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horseshoe whipsnake

  • noun slender fast-moving Eurasian snake
    Coluber hippocrepis.
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orange horseshoe bat

  • noun a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur
    Rhinonicteris aurantius; orange bat.
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