pipistrelle (redirected from pipistrelles)

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.

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[French, from Italian pipistrello, bat, alteration of Old Italian vipistrello, from Latin vespertili; see vespertilionid.]

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pipistrelle [ˌpɪpɪˈstrɛl]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous small brownish insectivorous bats of the genus Pipistrellus, occurring in most parts of the world: family Vespertilionidae

[via French from Italian pipistrello, from Latin vespertīliō a bat, from vesper evening, because of its nocturnal habits]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pipistrelle - small European brown bat pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus vespertilian bat, vespertilionid - a variety of carnivorous bat genus Pipistrellus, Pipistrellus - nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats

Translations

pipistrelle [ˌpɪpɪˈstrel] N → pipistrelo m

pipistrelle

n → Zwergfledermaus f