MACROTUS

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Meaning:

Large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico

Synonyms:

macrotus; Macrotus californicus

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Nouns denoting animals

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

leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)

Holonyms ("macrotus" is a member of...):

genus Macrotus (leafnose bats)

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