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pipistrelle

pip·i·strelle [ pìppi strél, píppi strèl ] (plural pip·i·strelles) or pip·i·strel [ pìppi strél, píppi strèl ] (plural pip·i·strels)


noun 
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small brown bat: a small brown insect-eating bat found throughout the world. Genus Pipistrellus.

[Late 18th century. Via French< Italian pipistrello, alteration of vipistrello< Latin vespertilio "bat" < vesper "evening"]
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