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long-eared bat

long-eared bat noun: any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), of Eurasia.

long-eared bat: any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared...
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Noun

long-eared bat (plural long-eared bats)

  1. Any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), of Eurasia.

Forms of long-eared bat

plurallong-eared bats

Words formed from long-eared bat

  • alpine long-eared bat
  • Angolan long-eared bat
  • Arnhem long-eared bat
  • Botswanan long-eared bat
  • brown long-eared bat
  • common long-eared bat
  • Corben's long-eared bat
  • desert long-eared bat
  • De Winton's long-eared bat
  • eastern long-eared bat
  • Gould's long-eared bat
  • greater long-eared bat
  • grey long-eared bat
  • Japanese long-eared bat
  • Kolombatovic's long-eared bat
  • lesser long-eared bat
  • Lord Howe long-eared bat
  • mountain long-eared bat
  • Mount Missim long-eared bat
  • Namib long-eared bat
  • New Caledonian long-eared bat
  • New Guinea long-eared bat
  • northern long-eared bat
  • Ognev's long-eared bat
  • pygmy long-eared bat
  • Sardinian long-eared bat
  • small-toothed long-eared bat
  • southeastern long-eared bat
  • Sunda long-eared bat
  • Tasmanian long-eared bat
  • Turkestani long-eared bat
  • western long-eared bat

Questions about long-eared bat

What does long-eared bat mean?
Long-eared bat means any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), of Eurasia.
What part of speech is long-eared bat?
Long-eared bat is a noun.
What is the plural of long-eared bat?
The plural of long-eared bat is long-eared bats.

Words near long-eared bat in the dictionary

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  5. long-eared
  6. long-eared bat
  7. long-eared bats
  8. long-eared fox
  9. long-eared foxes
  10. long-eared guinea pig
  11. long-eared guinea pigs

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