an insectivorous forest bat, Barbastella barbastellus, widely distributed across Eurasia, having a wrinkled face and prominent ears: roosts in trees or caves
Word origin
French: from Italian barbastello, from Latin vespertilio bat; see pipistrelle
Examples of 'barbastelle' in a sentence
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These include three colonies of the rare bechstein's bat and six barbastelle populations.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Moths form at least 90 per cent of the diet of barbastelle and grey long-eared bats.