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pip·i·strelle

also pip·i·strel (pĭp′ĭ-strĕl′, pĭp′ĭ-strĕl′)

Any of various small insectivorous bats, especially of the genera Pipistrellus and Hypsugo, found throughout the world.

[French, from Italian pipistrello, bat, alteration of Old Italian vipistrello, from Latin vespertiliō; see vespertilionid.]

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pipistrelle

pipistrel

(Animals) any of numerous small brownish insectivorous bats of the genus Pipistrellus, occurring in most parts of the world: family Vespertilionidae

[C18: via French from Italian pipistrello, from Latin vespertīliō a bat, from vesper evening, because of its nocturnal habits]

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Noun 1. pipistrelle - small European brown bat

pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus

vespertilian bat, vespertilionid - a variety of carnivorous bat

genus Pipistrellus, Pipistrellus - nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats

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pipistrelle

[ˌpɪpɪˈstrel] N → pipistrelo m

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pipistrelle

n → Zwergfledermaus f

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I also have records of smaller Pipistrelles being seen at Anfield.

KOP A LOAD OF BAT! Mammals could hinder Anfield revamp

Mr Skinner said: "Pipistrelles are the smallest and commonest bat in the UK.

Bats man to the rescue

Little pipistrelles go for small flies, midges and mosquitoes and can catch as many as 3,000 in one night.

Lofty friends taking to the night sky... Nature Notes

NIGHT FLIGHTS: Pipistrelles and long-eared bat HANDS ON: Donna with a tiny patient ON CALL: With the batmobile HANDS ON: Donna with a tiny patient

BAT TO HEALTH; Couple's home hospital helps winged wonders

Eight species are known to live in the area including common and soprano pipistrelles, natterers, brown longeared, daubentons, whiskered, brants and noctule.

Survey to halt bats' decline

In some cases, they carried the Pipistrelles out of the cave in their beaks and ate them on nearby trees.

Great Tits acquire new habit of eating hibernating bats

In a statement, the council said there was evidence of common pipistrelles and brown long-eared bats in one of the outbuildings.

Bats in barn stall Prince's plan to modernise Welsh retreat

Visitors may hear and see a variety of bat species including pipistrelles, which are the smallest bat species in Britain, and noctules, which are one of the largest in Britain with a wingspan that is around the same size as that of a Blackbird.

wild wales: Join the search for bats after dark

The abundance and proximity of woodlands and caves probably accounts for the abundance of eastern pipistrelles. The abundance of forest accounts for the abundance of the northern myotis.

Bats of Camp Atterbury in South-Central Indiana

They claim the route would drive through protected species such as bluebells, badgers, grass snakes and pipistrelles.

Country life... of M42 strife; TRANSPORT: Proposed link from m-way to city sparks storm

They declared it the largest maternity roost in the North of Scotland, the biggest they had ever seen, and identified our bats as pipistrelles. As theyOre endangered, there are a number of strict laws to protect them.

Real Life: OWe have to share our house with 2,000 batsO; Lara Bestwick, 36, moved in to her dream home, only to discover some very unwelcome guests[ETH]