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PLECOTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Plecotus mean?
• PLECOTUS (noun)
The noun PLECOTUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Vespertilionidae
Familiarity information: PLECOTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Vespertilionidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Plecotus; Plecotus
Hypernyms ("Plecotus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Plecotus"):
long-eared bat (any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears)
Holonyms ("Plecotus" is a member of...):
family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world)
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