noctule noun. ['nɒktju:l] L18.
[French from Italian nottola bat.]
Zoology. A large brown vespertilionid bat, Nyctalus noctula, of temperate and subtropical Eurasia and N. Africa, the largest bat found in Britain. Also noctule bat.
giant noctule a large bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus, of the Mediterranean and Middle East. lesser noctule = LEISLER'S BAT.

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