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
pipistrelle
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: Mammals include pipistrelle and Daubenton's bats, shrews and roe deer.
Adjective modifier
- common: Click here to listen to the social call of the common pipistrelle.
- single: A single pipistrelle may consume up to 3000 insects in a night.
- eastern: WHITAKER, J. O. ( 1998 ) Life history and roost switching in six summer colonies of Eastern pipistrelles in buildings.
Modifies a noun
- bat: Scotland is home to a wide range of wild animals, ranging from the majestic stag to the tiny pipistrelle bat.
- survey: London examples include the long-running heronries survey and the pilot pipistrelle bat survey.
- specie: May share nursery roost with other pipistrelle species or Brandt's bats.
- roost: Most pipistrelle roosts are found in buildings built in the last 30 years and even multi-storey tower blocks are used by this species.
- nursery: Barlow and Jones ( 1999 ) found that soprano pipistrelle nursery roosts were significantly larger than common pipistrelle nursery roosts.
- call: Pipistrelle bat call recorded on a Time Expansion bat detector.
Noun used with modifier
- soprano: Click here to listen to the social call of the soprano pipistrelle.
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