"hoary bat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hoary bats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoary bat (plural hoary bats)
  1. Lasiurus cinereus, a vespertilionid bat that occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii. Wikipedia link: hoary bat Categories (lifeform): Bats Derived forms: Hawaiian hoary bat (alt: syn. Aeorestes semotus) (taxonomic: Lasiurus cinereus semotus) Translations (Lasiurus cinereus): harmaalepakko (Finnish)

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