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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 ears
Familiarity information: LONG-EARED BAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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