noun
any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears
• Hypernyms: ↑vespertilian bat, ↑vespertilionid
• Hyponyms: ↑western big-eared bat, ↑Plecotus townsendi
• Member Holonyms: ↑Plecotus, ↑genus Plecotus
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noun : any of numerous bats having very long ears (as members of the nearly cosmopolitan genus Plecotus in which the ears may equal the forearm in length)
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.