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GENUS EPTESICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eptesicus mean?
• GENUS EPTESICUS (noun)
The noun GENUS EPTESICUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Vespertilionidae
Familiarity information: GENUS EPTESICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Vespertilionidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Eptesicus; genus Eptesicus
Hypernyms ("genus Eptesicus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eptesicus"):
big brown bat; Eptesicus fuscus (rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed)
Holonyms ("genus Eptesicus" is a member of...):
family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world)
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