PIPISTRELLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pipistrellus mean? 

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

1. nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIPISTRELLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Pipistrellus"):

pipistrel; pipistrelle; Pipistrellus pipistrellus (small European brown bat)

eastern pipistrel; Pipistrellus subflavus (one of the smallest bats of eastern North America)

SPipistrellus hesperus; western pipistrel (of western North America)

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

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