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VESPERTILIONIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Vespertilionidae mean?

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

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

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

Dictionary entry details

• VESPERTILIONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Vespertilionidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Vespertilionidae" is a member of...):

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

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