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pipistrelle

Noun

pip=i=strelle

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pipistrelle(n = noun.animal) pipistrel, pipistrellus pipistrellus - small European brown bat; Array

is a kind of vespertilian bat, vespertilionid

is a member of genus pipistrellus, pipistrellus

pipistrelle, n. [F. pipistrelle, It. pipistrello.].

A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse. [1913 Webster]

pipistrelle, n. any bat of the genus Pipistrellus, native to temperate regions and feeding on insects .

Etymology

F f. It. pipistrello, vip-, f. L vespertilio bat f. vesper evening

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