noctule

English

Etymology

Late 18th century: via French, from New Latin noctula, from noctua (“small owl”, from nox, noctis, “night”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒktjuːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɑktʃul/

Noun

noctule (plural noctules)

  1. A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:noctule.
    Hyponyms: Azores noctule, birdlike noctule, Chinese noctule, common noctule, greater noctule bat, Japanese noctule, lesser noctule, mountain noctule

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