vespertilionid

vespertilionid
vespertilionid [ves΄pər til′ē ə nid΄]
n.
< ModL Vespertilionidae < L vespertilio (gen. vespertilionis), a bat (< vesper, evening: see VESPER) + -ID
any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species

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ves·per·til·i·o·nid (vĕs'pər-tĭlʹē-ə-nĭd) n.
Any of various widely distributed insect-eating bats of the family Vespertilionidae, characterized by a long tail.
adj.
Of or belonging to the family Vespertilionidae.
  [From New Latin Vespertiliōnidae, family name, from Vespertiliō, Vespertiliōn-, type genus, from Latin vespertiliō, bat, from vesper, evening. See wes-pero-.

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