serotine
/ˈserətaɪn/noun
1- a medium-sized insectivorous bat found in Eurasia and Africa棕蝠。
1.1
- a chiefly Eurasian bat (genus Eptesicus, family Vespertilionidae, in particular the widespread E. serotinus).欧亚棕蝠(棕蝠属, 蝙蝠科, 尤指分布广泛的大棕蝠)。
1.2
- an African bat (genus Pipistrellus, family Vespertilionidae).非洲棕蝠(伏翼属, 蝙蝠科)。
词源
late 18th cent.: from French sérotine, from Latin serotinus 'of the evening, late', from serus 'late'.