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EASTERN PIPISTREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eastern pipistrel mean? 

EASTERN PIPISTREL (noun)
  The noun EASTERN PIPISTREL has 1 sense:

1. one of the smallest bats of eastern North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: EASTERN PIPISTREL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EASTERN PIPISTREL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the smallest bats of eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

eastern pipistrel; Pipistrellus subflavus

Hypernyms ("eastern pipistrel" is a kind of...):

vespertilian bat; vespertilionid (a variety of carnivorous bat)

Holonyms ("eastern pipistrel" is a member of...):

genus Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus (nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats)


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