Definition of Long-eared bat

1. Noun. Any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears.

Generic synonyms: Vespertilian Bat, Vespertilionid
Group relationships: Genus Plecotus, Plecotus
Specialized synonyms: Plecotus Townsendi, Western Big-eared Bat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long-eared Bat

long-chain-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
long-chain-alcohol O-fatty-acyltransferase
long-chain-alcohol dehydrogenase
long-chain-fatty-acid-(acyl-carrier-protein) ligase
long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase
long-chain-fatty-acyl-glutamate deacylase
long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase
long-clawed prawn
long-dated
long-day plant
long-distance
long-distance call
long-distance runner
long-drawn
long-drawn-out
long-eared bat (current term)
long-eared owl
long-eared owls
long-established
long-faced
long-familiar
long-fin tunny
long-fingered frog
long-haired
long-handled
long-handled spade
long-haul
long-hauls
long-head coneflower
long-headed

Literary usage of Long-eared bat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"FM THE long-eared bat :v long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), a common British bat, which does good work in destroying injurious insects. ..."

2. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"A. Ears of the long-eared bat (half again as large as natural size); B. The long-eared bat (life size), showing ears pressed against the sides and tragus ..."

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