Definition of Pipistrelle

1. Noun. Small European brown bat.


Definition of Pipistrelle

1. Noun. Any of various species of bat of the genus ''Pipistrellus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Pipistrelle

1. A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus). Synonym: flittermouse. Origin: F. Pipistrelle, It. Pipistrello. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipistrelle

pipiest
pipiness
pipinesses
piping
piping bag
piping crow
piping crow-shrike
piping down
piping guan
piping hot
piping plover
pipingly
pipings
pipis
pipistrel
pipistrelle (current term)
pipistrelles
pipistrels
pipit
pipits
pipkin
pipkins
pipless
pipobroman
piposulfan
pipotiazine
pipotiazine palmitate
pipped
pippier
pippiest

Literary usage of Pipistrelle

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)
"... and third digits run tolerably close together, and form the firm support of the anterior margin of the wing. Fig. 12.—"Wing" of bat (pipistrelle). ..."

2. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science by Cork Scientific and Literary Society, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Natural History Society of Dublin (1854)
"The cry of the pipistrelle is much shriller than that of the other. There was also an unmistakeably fetid odour from the pipistrelle, which I did not remark ..."

3. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"The fur of the pipistrelle is long and silky, and is in general reddish-brown ... The pipistrelle would appear to breed later in the year than the noctule, ..."

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