noctule

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English

Etymology

Late 18th century: via French, from New Latin noctula, from noctua (small owl, from nox, noctis, “night”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (night).

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Noun

noctule (plural noctules)

  1. A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.

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