pipistrelle
noun
pip·is·trelle ˌpi-pə-ˈstrel 
: any of a genus (Pipistrellus of the family Vespertilionidae) of bats typically appearing in early evening and exhibiting erratic flight
especially : one (P. pipistrellus) of Eurasia and northern Africa
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The travel route of the Nathusius' pipistrelle – which needs a suitable habitat as a migratory species – could also be impacted by wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. 
Fox News, 10 Aug. 2021 Bat experts in Russia and the UK are working together to understand more about the bat's voyage, noting that the range expansion of the Nathusius' pipistrelle is linked to climate change. Fox News, 10 Aug. 2021 The record was topped by only one other bat in Europe, a Nathusius' pipistrelle, which migrated 1,381 miles from Latvia to Spain in 2019. Fox News, 10 Aug. 2021 Currie and her team measured metabolism and echolocation intensity for nine Nathusius's pipistrelle bats, captured from urban areas in Berlin and released after laboratory tests. Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2020 There was also George, the loneliest tree snail, whose demise meant the end of his entire species, and a little bat called the Christmas Island pipistrelle. National Geographic, 26 Dec. 2019 Just in the past decade, two mammal species have gone extinct: a bat known as the Christmas Island pipistrelle and a rat, the Bramble Cay melomys. Elizabeth Kolbert, National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2019 The library’s bats are small, often no more than 1 1/2 inches long, from a species called pipistrelle. Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 17 June 2018 The May experiment was the first time anyone had ever successfully tracked an eastern pipistrelle with the use of telemetry during spring migration. Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2017 See More
Fox News, 10 Aug. 2021 Bat experts in Russia and the UK are working together to understand more about the bat's voyage, noting that the range expansion of the Nathusius' pipistrelle is linked to climate change. Fox News, 10 Aug. 2021 The record was topped by only one other bat in Europe, a Nathusius' pipistrelle, which migrated 1,381 miles from Latvia to Spain in 2019. Fox News, 10 Aug. 2021 Currie and her team measured metabolism and echolocation intensity for nine Nathusius's pipistrelle bats, captured from urban areas in Berlin and released after laboratory tests. Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2020 There was also George, the loneliest tree snail, whose demise meant the end of his entire species, and a little bat called the Christmas Island pipistrelle. National Geographic, 26 Dec. 2019 Just in the past decade, two mammal species have gone extinct: a bat known as the Christmas Island pipistrelle and a rat, the Bramble Cay melomys. Elizabeth Kolbert, National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2019 The library’s bats are small, often no more than 1 1/2 inches long, from a species called pipistrelle. Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 17 June 2018 The May experiment was the first time anyone had ever successfully tracked an eastern pipistrelle with the use of telemetry during spring migration. Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from Italian pipistrello bat, alteration of vipistrello, ultimately from Latin vespertilion-, vespertilio — more at vespertilian
First Known Use
1771, in the meaning defined above