What is "serotine"

Serotine \Ser"o*tine\, n. [F. s['e]rotine, fr. L. serotinus that comes or happens late.] (Zo["o]l.) The European long-eared bat ( Vesperugo serotinus).

"late," 1590s, from French sérotine, from Latin serotinus "that which comes late; that which happens in the evening," from sero, adverb of serus "late" (see soiree). Also as a noun, a type of small, brown bat, from 1771. Related: serotinous, in botany (1880) "appearing later in the season than usual."

a. (context botany English) late-flowering n. Any of several small bats of the genus (taxlink Eptesicus genus noshow=1)

n. common European brown bat [syn: European brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus]