Myotis

noun

My·​o·​tis

mīˈōtə̇s

: a very large cosmopolitan genus of vespertilionid bats comprising the common brown bats and numerous related forms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from my- + -otis (from Greek ōt-, -ous ear)

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