Definition of Noctule

1. n. A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans).

Definition of Noctule

1. Noun. A bat, of the genus ''Nyctalus'', that lives in tree hollows ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Noctule

1. a large bat [n -S]

Medical Definition of Noctule

1. A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans). Origin: F, fr. L. Noctua a night owl, fr. Nox, noctis, night. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctule

noctilucous
noctious
noctiphobia
noctivagant
noctivagation
noctivagations
noctivagous
noctograph
noctographs
noctuaries
noctuary
noctuas
noctuid
noctuid moth
noctuids
noctule (current term)
noctules
noctuoid
nocturia
nocturn
nocturnal
nocturnal amblyopia
nocturnal deliria
nocturnal delirium
nocturnal diarrhoea
nocturnal dyspnea
nocturnal emissions
nocturnal enuresis
nocturnal epilepsy

Literary usage of Noctule

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

1. Animal Life and Intelligence by Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1891)
"... V Metacarpal 39.5 mm Phalanges of Digi\ 16,5 mm T/6/0 J8 mm Variation and Natural Selection. Fig. 13.—The noctule(Fe«per«30 noe(u2a). ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"A falcatus, the Falcated noctule. India. 89. S. Leachii, Leach's noctule. India. ... the Singapore noctule. Singapore. 93. N. labiata, Large-Lipped noctule. ..."

3. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"The noctule emits a very offensive smell from glands in the mouth. ... The range of the great bat in Britain is confined to the midland HEAD OF noctule BAT ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"It resembles the noctule so strongly in colour and proportions, that one might almost ... Thus the pipistrelle differs from the noctule, not only in size, ..."

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