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Pipistrel

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pip·i·strelle also pip·i·strel  (pp-strl, pp-strl)
n.
Any of various very small insectivorous bats of the genus Pipistrellus, found throughout the world.
[French, from Italian pipistrello, bat, alteration of Old Italian vipistrello, from Latin vespertili; see vespertilionid.]
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Noun1.pipistrel - small European brown bat
pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
vespertilian bat, vespertilionid - a variety of carnivorous bat
genus Pipistrellus, Pipistrellus - nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats
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