pipistrelle
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- noun
- /ˈpɪpɪstrɛl/
- UK
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pipistrelo
- In many parks, the pipistrelle bat is often spotted at dusk, darting in and out of trees after its favorite flying insects.
- pipistrelle bat
Examples
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What surprises a lot of people is the diversity of bat species around the world, from fruit bats in Australia to tiny pipistrelles in the UK.
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The common pipistrelle, one of our smallest and most widespread bats, can be seen busily flitting about around dusk in many gardens and parks across the country, feeding on tiny flies and hoovering up thousands of midges and mosquitoes every night.
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The common pipistrelle, one of our smallest bats, can be seen flitting through the twilight as it feeds on insects.
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The pipistrelle has a distinctive agile flight pattern, making it easy to recognize as it chases after mosquitoes at sunset.
Synonyms
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A small animal that flies at night and finds food by sound
A small brown bat that lives in Europe and often flies near streetlights at dusk
A group of very small bats that live in many parts of the world
A small bat from western North America that hunts insects at dusk
A small bat from western North America that eats insects and lives in dry areas
A small bat found in eastern North America, often called the tri-colored bat
A very small bat found in eastern North America that flies fast and eats insects
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pipistrelle comes from the Italian pipistrello, the everyday word for a 'bat'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the tiny 'pip' sound and the bat's small, quick flight, so a pipistrelle is a small, fast bat often seen at dusk.