ves·per·til·i·o·nid
(vĕs′pər-tĭl′ē-ə-nĭd)n.
Any of various widely distributed insect-eating bats of the family Vespertilionidae, characterized by a long tail.
[From New Latin Vespertiliōnidae, family name, from Vespertiliō, Vespertiliōn-, type genus, from Latin vespertiliō, bat, from vesper, evening; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.]
ves′per·til′i·nid adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  vespertilionid - a variety of carnivorous bat carnivorous bat, microbat - typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution family Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionidae - the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world frosted bat, Vespertilio murinus - common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat Lasiurus borealis, red bat - North American bat of a brick or rusty red color with hairs tipped with white little brown bat, little brown myotis, Myotis leucifugus - the small common North American bat; widely distributed cave myotis, Myotis velifer - small bat of southwest United States that lives in caves etc. big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus - rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed eastern pipistrel, Pipistrellus subflavus - one of the smallest bats of eastern North America SPipistrellus hesperus, western pipistrel - of western North America Euderma maculata, jackass bat, spotted bat - a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears long-eared bat - any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears |
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