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VESPERTILIO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Vespertilionidae

Synonyms:

genus Vespertilio; Vespertilio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Vespertilio"):

frosted bat; Vespertilio murinus (common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat)

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

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

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