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‖ Vesperugo Obs. rare. [L.] Evening, or the evening star. (Cf. vesper 1 and 2.) In mod. Zool. used as the name of a genus of bats belonging to the group Vespertiliones.
1600Tourneur Trans. Metam. vii, The skie..Is cloath'd with moorie Vesperugoe's coate. 1679Moxon Math. Dict., Vesperugo, the Evening-Star, Venus, when she shines after Sun-Set. [Hence in Kersey, Bailey, etc.] |