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    FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The majority of common bats of temperate regions of the worldplay

    Synonyms:

    family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Vespertilionidae"):

    vespertilian bat; vespertilionid (a variety of carnivorous bat)

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

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

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

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

    Euderma; genus Euderma; 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)

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