Pipistrelle (Noun)
Meaning
Small European brown bat.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The nocturnal sounds of the pipistrelle could be heard near the old wooden bridge.
- Scientists carefully tagged a pipistrelle with a tiny GPS tracker for their study.
- It is a pipistrelle's large ears that make them incredibly skilled at navigation in complete darkness.
- These flying mammals like the pipistrelle generally rest hanging upside down.
- They witnessed the sight of hundreds of pipistrelles swooping above a shallow river in a twilight feeding frenzy.