Noctilio

noun

Noc·​til·​io

näkˈtilēˌō

: a genus (the type of the family Noctilionidae) of tropical American fish-eating mastiff bats

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from noct- + -ilio (as in Vespertilio)

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