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LONG-EARED BAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long-eared bat mean? 

LONG-EARED BAT (noun)
  The noun LONG-EARED BAT has 1 sense:

1. any of various Old or New World bats having very long earsplay

  Familiarity information: LONG-EARED BAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LONG-EARED BAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("long-eared bat" is a kind of...):

vespertilian bat; vespertilionid (a variety of carnivorous bat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "long-eared bat"):

Plecotus townsendi; western big-eared bat (bat of western North America having extremely large ears)

Holonyms ("long-eared bat" is a member of...):

genus Plecotus; Plecotus (a genus of Vespertilionidae)


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