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VESPERTILIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vespertilio mean?
• VESPERTILIO (noun)
The noun VESPERTILIO has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Vespertilionidae
Familiarity information: VESPERTILIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Vespertilionidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vespertilio; Vespertilio
Hypernyms ("Vespertilio" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Vespertilio"):
frosted bat; Vespertilio murinus (common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat)
Holonyms ("Vespertilio" is a member of...):
family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world)
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