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barbastelle

barbastelle noun: a relatively rare European bat, Barbastella barbastellus.

Noun

barbastelle (plural barbastelles)

  1. A relatively rare European bat, Barbastella barbastellus.
    • But while common and soprano pipistrelles are numerous, the barbastelle bat is dependent on ancient woodland.2018 June 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian

Forms of barbastelle

pluralbarbastelles

Origin of barbastelle

From French barbastelle, from Italian barbastrello.

Questions about barbastelle

What does barbastelle mean?
Barbastelle means a relatively rare European bat, Barbastella barbastellus.
What part of speech is barbastelle?
Barbastelle is a noun.
What is the plural of barbastelle?
The plural of barbastelle is barbastelles.

Words near barbastelle in the dictionary

  1. Barbary macaques
  2. Barbary sheep
  3. barbasco
  4. barbascos
  5. barbastel
  6. barbastelle
  7. barbastelles
  8. barbastels
  9. barbat
  10. barbate
  11. barbated

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