serotine

¹ American  

[ser-uh-tin, -tahyn] / ˈsɛr ə tɪn, -ˌtaɪn /

noun

1. a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.

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serotine ² American  

[ser-uh-tin, -tahyn] / ˈsɛr ə tɪn, -ˌtaɪn /

Also serotinous

adjective

1. late in occurring, developing, or flowering.

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serotine British  

/ ˈsɛrəˌtaɪn /

adjective

1. Also: serotinal.   serotinous.  biology produced, flowering, or developing late in the season

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noun

1. either of two insectivorous bats, Eptesicus serotinus or Vespertilio serotinus: family Vespertilionidae

Etymology

Origin of serotine¹

1765–75; < French sérotine < Latin sērōtina, feminine of sērōtinus serotine ¹

Origin of serotine¹

1590–1600; < Latin sērōtinus, equivalent to sērō (adv.) late + -tinus adj. suffix of time; serein

Example Sentences

But although serotine bats are quite common, scientists have yet to unravel all their mysteries.

From Science Magazine

Those doing particularly well include the greater and lesser horseshoe bats; those apparently not doing quite so well include the brown long-eared bat and the serotine bat.

From BBC

Cape serotine bats do not normally eat many moths.

From Nature

Common pipistrelle; soprano pipistrelle; noctule and serotine bat species were all lower in number than in 2011, and "roost counts" were down compared with the year before for six of the species.

From BBC

C. minimus is the smallest known species of the suborder, much smaller than the serotine bat of Europe, with the fore-arm scarcely longer than that of the long-eared bat.

From Project Gutenberg