MYOTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myotis mean? 

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

1. largest and most widely distributed genus of bats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest and most widely distributed genus of bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Myotis; Myotis

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Myotis"):

little brown bat; little brown myotis; Myotis leucifugus (the small common North American bat; widely distributed)

cave myotis; Myotis velifer (small bat of southwest United States that lives in caves etc.)

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

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