genus pipistrellus

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   nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats

   SynonymsPipistrellus

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofVespertilionidae

Questions about genus pipistrellus

What does genus pipistrellus mean?

genus pipistrellus means "nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats".

What is another word for genus pipistrellus?

Close synonyms include Pipistrellus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus pipistrellus a common word?

genus pipistrellus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.