FAMILY PHYLLOSTOMIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

New World leaf-nosed bats

Synonyms:

family Phyllostomatidae; family Phyllostomidae; Phyllostomatidae; Phyllostomidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Phyllostomidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Phyllostomidae"):

genus Macrotus (leafnose bats)

genus Phyllostomus; Phyllostomus (type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae)

Choeronycteris; genus Choeronycteris (a genus of Phyllostomatidae)

Holonyms ("family Phyllostomidae" is a member of...):

Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)