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PIPISTRELLUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats
Synonyms:
genus Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pipistrellus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Pipistrellus"):
pipistrel; pipistrelle; Pipistrellus pipistrellus (small European brown bat)
eastern pipistrel; Pipistrellus subflavus (one of the smallest bats of eastern North America)
SPipistrellus hesperus; western pipistrel (of western North America)
Holonyms ("Pipistrellus" is a member of...):
family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world)