Pipistrellus

noun

Pip·​is·​trel·​lus

ˌpipə̇ˈstreləs

: a nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small vespertilionid bats having a blunt tragus and 34 teeth

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Italian pipistrello

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