pipistrel

Variant of pipistrelle

pipistrelle definition

pip·is·trelle or pipistrel pip′·is·trel′ (pip′i strel′)

noun

any of a genus (Pipistrellus) of small bats that characteristically fly early in the evening: found in North America and in most of the Eastern Hemisphere

Etymology: Fr pipistrelle < It pipistrello, altered < OIt vipistrello < L vespertilio, bat < vesper, evening: see vesper

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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