Pipistrelle
/pɪpɪˈstɹɛl/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.
- 2 small European brown bat wordnet
Example
More examples"So you're a pipistrelle, although you said you were an eagle."
Etymology
From French pipistrelle, from Italian pipistrello (“bat”), variant of vipistrello, from Latin vespertilio.