serotine

Meanings

Noun

common brown bat of Europe
Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.

Adj

Developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).

Synonyms

Eptesicus serotinus, European brown bat, serotinal, serotinous

Scrabble Score: 8

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Words With Friends Score: 9

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