vespertīlĭo, ōnis, m. [vesper],
a bat , Plin. 10, 61, 81, § 168; 11, 37, 62, § 164; 29, 4, 26, § 83; Macr. S. 7, 16; Varr. ap. Non. 47, 3; Auct. Carm. de Philom. 39.
·noun A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and ...
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