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GENUS MYOTIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Largest and most widely distributed genus of bats

Synonyms:

genus Myotis; Myotis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Myotis" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Myotis"):

little brown bat; little brown myotis; Myotis leucifugus (the small common North American bat; widely distributed)

cave myotis; Myotis velifer (small bat of southwest United States that lives in caves etc.)

Holonyms ("genus Myotis" is a member of...):

family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world)

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