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vespertilionid definition

ves·per·tilio·nid (ves′pər til′ē ə nid′)

noun

any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species

Etymology: < ModL Vespertilionidae < L vespertilio (gen. vespertilionis), a bat (< vesper, evening: see vesper) + -id

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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