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MOLOSSIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mastiff bats; freetail bats

Synonyms:

family Molossidae; Molossidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Molossidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Molossidae"):

genus Tadarida; Tadarida (freetail bats)

Eumops; genus Eumops (mastiff bats)

Holonyms ("Molossidae" is a member of...):

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

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