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noctule Zool.|ˈnɒktjʊl|
[a. F. noctule (Buffon), ad. It. nottola, -olo, bat: hence mod.L. noctula.]
The largest British species of bat (Vesperugo noctula); the great bat. Also noctule bat.
1771Pennant Synopsis Quadrup. 369 Noctule Bat with the nose slightly bilobated. Ibid. 370, I never saw but one specimen of the Noctule. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) I. 110 The length of the Noctule Bat is about 5½ inches to the tip of the tail. 1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 70 The Noctules are allied to the true Bats (Vespertilio). 1863Kearley Links in Chain xi. 244 The Noctule, or great high flying bat, is the earliest to retire, being seldom seen after July. 1896Lydekker Brit. Mammals 32 The Noctule is spread over the greater part of temperate Europe and Asia. Ibid. 35 A solitary pair of Noctules. |