Definition of Noctules

1. Noun. (plural of noctule) ¹

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Definition of Noctules

1. noctule [n] - See also: noctule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctules

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

Literary usage of Noctules

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

1. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1879)
"A few years ago I wanted specimens of noctules for a friend, and accordingly I ... For about three quarters of an hour I saw a great many noctules, ..."

2. The Book of a Naturalist by William Henry Hudson (1919)
"Walking by the Test, near Longparish, one evening, I noticed a number of noctules, our great bat, gathered at a spot where some high trees ..."

3. Report and Transactions by Société guernesiaise (1905)
"This year, in July, I took nine noctules out of a hollow willow tree at Esher, Surrey. These Bats have a very strong and disagreeable odour which is caused ..."

4. Report of the Rugby School Natural History Society by Rugby School Natural History Society (1880)
"A multitude of noctules may often be seen circling over a field in pursuit of cockchafers. ' The hairy-armed bat is a western species, being the only bat ..."

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