LASIURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lasiurus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Vespertilionidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASIURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Vespertilionidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lasiurus; Lasiurus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Lasiurus"):

Lasiurus borealis; red bat (North American bat of a brick or rusty red color with hairs tipped with white)

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

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