Lexic.us

Definition of Big brown bat

1. Noun. Rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Big Brown Bat

Literary usage of Big brown bat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Everyday Adventures by Samuel Scoville (1920)
"When the big brown bat starts, the twilight has almost turned to dark. ... Both of them are much smaller than the big brown bat, and the ear of a Leconte's ..."

2. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American by Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
"Greenish back, with metallic glint; belly sulphur. Has the same flight as our big brown bat—vespertilio fuscus. ..."

3. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Fur black, with silvery white tips. Silver-haired Bat. ). Fur dark, glossy brown, not mottled. big brown bat, dusky. Pipistrelle and Leather-winged Bat. ..."

4. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"... abandoned Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) buildings, mines. ..."

5. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"Yen* like this little fellow in color is his cousin the big brown bat, called the House Bat and the Carolina Bat. He is especially fond of the homes of men. ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"big brown bat. Common. It is the first bat to appear in the spring. It may be looked for the first of April a month before any of the others are seen. 394. ..."

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