FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Vespertilionidae mean? 

• FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world

  Familiarity information: FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

The majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae

Hypernyms ("family Vespertilionidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Vespertilionidae"):

Euderma; genus Euderma (a genus of Vespertilionidae)

genus Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus (nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats)

Antrozous; genus Antrozous; Eptesicus; genus Eptesicus (a genus of Vespertilionidae)

genus Myotis; Myotis (largest and most widely distributed genus of bats)

genus Lasiurus; Lasiurus; genus Vespertilio; Vespertilio (a genus of Vespertilionidae)

vespertilian bat; vespertilionid (a variety of carnivorous bat)

genus Plecotus; Plecotus (a genus of Vespertilionidae)

Holonyms ("family Vespertilionidae" is a member of...):

Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)