Definition of Noctilio

1. a South American bat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctilio

nocking
nocks
nocodazole
nocosomial
noct-
noctalbuminuria
noctambulation
noctambulations
noctambulism
noctambulist
noctambulists
noctambulo
noctambuloes
noctidial
noctiferous
noctilio (current term)
noctilionid
noctilionids
noctilios
noctilucas
noctilucent
noctilucin
noctilucine
noctilucous
noctious
noctiphobia
noctivagant
noctivagation
noctivagations
noctivagous

Literary usage of Noctilio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(1) noctilio, Lin. Ed. XII. Muzzle short, inflated, and split into a double hare-lip, covered with odd looking warts and seams; ears separate; four incisors ..."

2. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"Among the most common, we may mention the noctilio, which inhabits France and nearly the whole of Europe; the Pipistrella, which is also found everywhere in ..."

3. The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind by Robert Sears (1856)
"... while in others the tail is of considerable length The ears are'almost always large in proportion to the size of the animal. The noctilio. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum by Edward Gerrard (1862)
"Skull. From the Haslar Collection. The STRIPED BULL-DOG BAT. noctilio ... noctilio rufipes. D'Orb., Voy. ix. pi. 9. fig. 4 (skull). noctilio ..."

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