serotine
Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small batsAny of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.
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- common brown bat of Europe
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (iBorrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).
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