barbastellen.
/bɑːbəˈstɛl//ˈbɑːbəstɛl/ A bat of a dark brown colour ( Plecotus barbastellus), found in France and Germany.
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1791 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular (ed. 3) IV. 323 The sixth species I call Barbastelle, from the Italian word barbastello, which also signifies a bat.
1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) I. 110 The Barbastelle Bat is somewhat larger than the two first species.
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Barbastel Bat.
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