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pipistrelle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pipistrel \Pi*pis"trel\, Pipistrelle \Pip`i*strelle"\, n. [F. pipistrelle, It. pipistrello.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European bat ( Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse.
Wiktionary
n. Any of various species of bat of the genus (taxlink Pipistrellus genus noshow=1).
WordNet
n. small European brown bat [syn: pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus]
Usage examples of "pipistrelle".
The others, the head of each colony, the lone pipistrelle and one particularly scared hoary, clung to her nightshirt and hair.
After a brief delay, one of the Pipistrelles swooped in close toward the ship.
After a few minutes, the winged shapes of the Pipistrelles closed into a tighter formation and followed the Gossamere.
She was still peering out into the milky depths of S-space, watching as the final traces of the Pipistrelles slowly faded from sight.
The batlike Pipistrelles and the wispy lattice webs of the Gossameres, residents of deep space, were only found light-years away from fierce stellar radiation.
The intangible wisps of the Pipistrelles loomed large in the displays.
On the other hand, the Pipistrelles were so insubstantial, so little different from the void itself, any danger from them seemed like a product of overexcited human imagination.
She left the ship with the Pipistrelles, and is undergoing necessary indoctrination.
You would be dead, long before humans could meet the aliens or understand the nature of the Pipistrelles and Gossameres.
We plan to head for Tellus Prime, where the focus is on the Pipistrelles and the Gossameres.
Most of the pipistrelles were from one place and had seen less than half of one of their coloniesalmost fifty.
On the other hand, the Pipistrelles were so insubstantial, so little different from the void itself, any danger from them seemed like a product of overexcited human imagination.