Definition of Plecotus

1. Noun. A genus of Vespertilionidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Plecotus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionidae
Member holonyms: Long-eared Bat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plecotus

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PlayStations
PlayStations 3
Play Station
Playboys
Playfair
Playlobium obtusangulum
Playmaster
Playmasters
Pleasance
Pleasant Island
Pleasure curve
Plecoptera
Plecotus (current term)
Plecotus townsendi
Plectania
Plectomycetes
Plectophera
Plectorrhiza
Plectranthus amboinicus
Plectrophenax
Plectrophenax nivalis
Pleiad
Pleiadean
Pleiadeans
Pleiades
Pleiads
Pleiocene

Literary usage of Plecotus

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... also separates from Vespertilio the Plecotus, Geoff. Ears larger than the head, and united on the cranium as in Megaderma, Ecc.; the tragus large and ..."

2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"GENUS Plecotus. Ears very large, united at the base ; outer margin of the ear conch terminating opposite the base of the tragus, the inner margin~with an ..."

3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Indian Museum, John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater (1881)
"Yangi- hissar, between Kashghar and Yarkand. Presented by the Second Yarkand Mission, 1874. g. A skull. No history, GENUS Plecotus, Geoffrey, 1812. 139. ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... also separates from Vespertilio the Plecotus, Geoff. Ears larger than the head, and united on the cranium as in Megaderma, Ecc.; the tragus large and ..."

5. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"GENUS Plecotus. Ears very large, united at the base ; outer margin of the ear conch terminating opposite the base of the tragus, the inner margin~with an ..."

6. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Indian Museum, John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater (1881)
"Yangi- hissar, between Kashghar and Yarkand. Presented by the Second Yarkand Mission, 1874. g. A skull. No history, GENUS Plecotus, Geoffrey, 1812. 139. ..."

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