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MACROTUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico
Synonyms:
macrotus; Macrotus californicus
Classified under:
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)