Eptesicus fuscus
- noun
- Specialized
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Eptesicus fuscus
- The Eptesicus fuscus is commonly found roosting in attics and barns across North America.
Examples
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Researchers studied the diet of Eptesicus fuscus to better understand its role in controlling insect populations.
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The Eptesicus fuscus is commonly found in urban areas.
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At dusk, you can often see Eptesicus fuscus flying over fields in search of food.
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Did you know that the Eptesicus fuscus can eat up to 1,000 insects in one night?
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The Eptesicus fuscus is commonly found in urban areas, roosting in buildings and trees.
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During summer evenings, you can often see Eptesicus fuscus swooping through the air in search of insects.
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Researchers studied the habitat preferences of Eptesicus fuscus to learn more about their distribution.
Synonyms
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A large brown bat in North America that eats insects at night
Surface Forms
Morphology
Eptesicus + fuscus
Eptesicus fuscus is a Latin binomial (genus + species) rather than a compositional English phrase; its meaning ('big brown bat') is not derivable by a B1 learner from the constituent items because they are proper names/Latin terms and one constituent lacks a dictionary entry. Even where 'fuscus' historically means 'dark/brown', that knowledge is unlikely for average learners, so the expression is not transparently interpretable from its parts.
Etymology
Eptesicus fuscus is the scientific name for the big brown bat; the second word fuscus is Latin for 'brown', so the name points to the bat's color. The first part Eptesicus may come from an older word scientists used to group similar bats, so the full name helps you remember 'the brown bat' found across North America.