释义 |
vesperˈtilionid, a. (and n.) Zool. [ad. mod.L. Vespertilionid-æ (see def.).] Of or belonging to the Vespertilionidæ, a large family of insectivorous bats, including the common British species. Also as n., a bat of this family.
1875Dallas in Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 332 The tail traverses the interfemoral membrane in the fashion of that of a Vespertilionid Bat. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleology xxvii. 454 The ears of vespertilionids are immobile. 1976Nature 15 Apr. 628/1 Within our sample alone, species are represented whose primary foods are..insects (the mormoopids, natalids, vespertilionids and molossids). |