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FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Molossidae mean? 

FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE has 1 sense:

1. mastiff bats; freetail batsplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mastiff bats; freetail bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Molossidae; Molossidae

Hypernyms ("family Molossidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Molossidae"):

genus Tadarida; Tadarida (freetail bats)

Eumops; genus Eumops (mastiff bats)

Holonyms ("family Molossidae" is a member of...):

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


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