vespertilionine

vespertilionine
vespertilionid /ves'peuhr til"ee euh nid/, n., adj.
/ves'peuhr til"ee euh nuyn', -nin/, adj.
of or pertaining to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
[1870-75; < NL Vespertilionae, equiv. to Vespertilion-, s. of Vespertilio a genus (L vespertilio bat, deriv. of vesper evening; see VESPER) + -inae -INAE]

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  • pip|is|trelle — pip|is|trel or pip|is|trelle «PIHP uh STREHL», noun. any one of a group of small brown or grayish bats, especially one found in the eastern United States and Mexico. ╂[< French pipistrelle < Italian pipistrello, variant of vespertilio <… …   Useful english dictionary

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