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GENUS MACROTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Macrotus mean?
• GENUS MACROTUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MACROTUS has 1 sense:
1. leafnose bats
Familiarity information: GENUS MACROTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leafnose bats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Macrotus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Macrotus"):
macrotus; Macrotus californicus (large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Macrotus" is a member of...):
family Phyllostomatidae; family Phyllostomidae; Phyllostomatidae; Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)
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