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MACROTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does macrotus mean?
• MACROTUS (noun)
The noun MACROTUS has 1 sense:
1. large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico
Familiarity information: MACROTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
macrotus; Macrotus californicus
Hypernyms ("macrotus" 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" is a member of...):
genus Macrotus (leafnose bats)
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