Noctule Definition

nŏkcho͝ol
noun
Any of a genus (Nyctalus) of bats; esp., a large brown species (N. noctula) of Europe and the British Isles.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Noctule

Noun

Singular:
noctule
Plural:
noctules

Origin of Noctule

  • French from Italian nottola bat, owl from Late Latin noctula from Latin diminutive of noctua night owl nekw-t- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from noctua (“owl") + -ulus (“diminutive")

    From Wiktionary

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