pipistrelle
noun
pip·is·trelle
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Definition of pipistrelle
: any of a genus (Pipistrellus of the family Vespertilionidae) of bats typically appearing in early evening and exhibiting erratic flight
especially
: one (P. pipistrellus) of Eurasia and northern Africa
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The library’s bats are small, often no more than 1 1/2 inches long, from a species called pipistrelle. — Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, "The Bats Help Preserve Old Books But They Drive Librarians, Well, Batty," 17 June 2018 The May experiment was the first time anyone had ever successfully tracked an eastern pipistrelle with the use of telemetry during spring migration. — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "DNR scientists track movements of Wisconsin's smallest bat with tiny transmitter," 20 Dec. 2017 The findings are significant and come at time when researchers look for ways to best protect the eastern pipistrelle as its numbers plummet. — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "DNR scientists track movements of Wisconsin's smallest bat with tiny transmitter," 20 Dec. 2017 White said eastern pipistrelles in a cave in Grant County in the fourth year of infection suffered a 94% population loss this year. — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "DNR scientists track movements of Wisconsin's smallest bat with tiny transmitter," 20 Dec. 2017 Following up these lab findings, the scientists found in cursory field experiments that bats of two additional species — Schreiber’s bats and soprano pipistrelles — also crashed into vertical plates placed near cave exits or bat roosts. — Steph Yin, New York Times, "Why Bats Crash Into Buildings," 7 Sep. 2017 Or that a bat called the Christmas Island pipistrelle is thought to have vanished in 2009. — John D. Sutter, CNN, "The era of 'biological annihilation'," 11 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pipistrelle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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