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Webster 1913 Edition

Noctule

Noc′tule

(?; 135)

,

Noun.

[F., fr. L.

noctua

a night owl, fr.

nox

,

noctis

, night.]

(Zool.)

A large European bat (

Vespertilio altivolans

syn.

Noctulina altivolans

).

Webster 1828 Edition

Noctule

NOC'TULE

,

Noun.

[from L. night.] A large species of bat.