EPTESICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eptesicus mean? 

• EPTESICUS (noun)
  The noun EPTESICUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Vespertilionidae

  Familiarity information: EPTESICUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPTESICUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Vespertilionidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eptesicus; genus Eptesicus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Eptesicus"):

big brown bat; Eptesicus fuscus (rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed)

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

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