noun
Meaning 1
Any of very many bats of the family Vespertilionidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vespertilionid
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noun
Meaning 2
a variety of carnivorous bat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vespertilian bat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carnivorous bat, microbat
Narrower terms: frosted bat, Vespertilio murinus, red bat, Lasiurus borealis, little brown bat, little brown myotis, Myotis leucifugus, cave myotis, Myotis velifer, big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, serotine, European brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus, pallid bat, cave bat, Antrozous pallidus, pipistrelle, pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, eastern pipistrel, Pipistrellus subflavus, western pipistrel, SPipistrellus hesperus, jackass bat, spotted bat, Euderma maculata, long-eared bat
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