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ves·per·til·i·o·nid  (vspr-tl--nd)

n.

Any of various widely distributed insect-eating bats of the family Vespertilionidae, characterized by a long tail.

adj.

Of or belonging to the family Vespertilionidae.

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[From New Latin Vespertilinidae, family name, from Vespertili, Vespertilin-, type genus, from Latin vespertili, bat, from vesper, evening; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.]

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Noun

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vespertilionid - a variety of carnivorous bat         vespertilian 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 Eptesicus serotinus, European brown bat, serotine - common brown bat of Europe Antrozous pallidus, cave bat, pallid bat - drab yellowish big-eared bat that lives in caves pipistrel, pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus - small European brown bat 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