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ves⋅per⋅til⋅i⋅o⋅nine

   [ves-per-til-ee-uh-nahyn, -nin]
–adjective
of or pertaining to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
Origin:
1870–75; < NL Vespertilionae, equiv. to Vespertilion-, s. of Vespertilio a genus (L vespertiliō bat, deriv. of vesper evening; see vesper ) + -inae -inae
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Vespertilionine

Ves`per*til`i*o"nine\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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