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MEGADERMATIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World false vampire bats

Synonyms:

family Megadermatidae; Megadermatidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Megadermatidae"):

genus Megaderma; Megaderma (type genus of the Megadermatidae)

Holonyms ("Megadermatidae" 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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