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noctule

/ˈnɒktjuːl/US/ˈnɑkt͡ʃul/

noctule noun: a bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.

Noun

noctule (plural noctules)

  1. A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.
    • We were all still growing used to the night-time, the blue-veined hours of morning that lay only lightly, the white spiders and noctule bats.2019, Julia Armfield, “The Great Awake”, in Salt Slow, Picador, page 25

noctule meaning in Persian and Thai

noctule in Persian

bat of the genus Nyctalus
خفاش جنگلی xoffâš jangali

noctule in Thai

bat of the genus Nyctalus
ค้างคาวกินแมลง káang-kaao gin má-lɛɛng

Forms of noctule

pluralnoctules

Origin of noctule

Borrowed from French noctule, a latinised scientific borrowing of the Italian nottola (refers to various birds or bats), inherited from Late Latin noctula, diminutive of Classical Latin noctua (“night-owl”), ultimately from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Per the OED, first attested in English in 1771.

Words formed from noctule

  • Azores noctule
  • birdlike noctule
  • Chinese noctule
  • common noctule
  • giant noctule
  • greater noctule bat
  • Japanese noctule
  • lesser noctule
  • mountain noctule

Questions about noctule

What does noctule mean?
Noctule means a bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.
What is noctule in Persian?
Noctule in Persian is خفاش جنگلی (xoffâš jangali). See Noctule meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is noctule?
Noctule is a noun.
How do you pronounce noctule?
Noctule is pronounced /ˈnɒktjuːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of noctule?
The plural of noctule is noctules.

Words near noctule in the dictionary

  1. noctuidous
  2. noctuids
  3. noctuiform
  4. noctuine
  5. noctuines
  6. noctule
  7. noctules
  8. noctuoid
  9. noctuoids
  10. nocturesis
  11. nocturia

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