MACROTUS CALIFORNICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macrotus californicus mean? 

• MACROTUS CALIFORNICUS (noun)
  The noun MACROTUS CALIFORNICUS has 1 sense:

1. large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico

  Familiarity information: MACROTUS CALIFORNICUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACROTUS CALIFORNICUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

macrotus; Macrotus californicus

Hypernyms ("Macrotus californicus" is a kind of...):

leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)

Holonyms ("Macrotus californicus" is a member of...):

genus Macrotus (leafnose bats)