MEGADERMATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Megadermatidae mean? 

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

1. Old World false vampire bats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGADERMATIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World false vampire bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Megadermatidae; Megadermatidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Megadermatidae"):

genus Megaderma; Megaderma (type genus of the Megadermatidae)

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

Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)