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vespertilian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ves-per-til-ian
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bats.

Etymology

From Latin vespertīliō (“bat”) + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does vespertilian mean?
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bats.
Where does vespertilian come from?
From Latin vespertīliō (“bat”) + -ian.

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