| 单词 |
pipistrelle |
| 释义 |
pipistrelle, -el|pɪpɪˈstrɛl| [a. F. pipistrelle, ad. It. pipistrello bat, variants of which are vipistrello, vispi-, vespistrello, from vispertello, vespertillo, repr. late L. *vespertillus for L. vespertilio (-ōnem) bat, f. vesper evening. See Diez (ed. 4) 390.] A small species of bat, Vesperugo pipistrellus, common in Britain and Europe generally.
1781Pennant Hist. Quad. II. 561 Bat, Pipistrelle. 1843Zoologist I. 66 The pipistrelle, or common bat of Britain. 1862G. Kearley Links in Chain (1863) 245 No less than fifteen or sixteen species of Bats are found in Britain... The little Pipistrelle..is..the most abundant..of the number. |
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