serotine
Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.
Adjective
- 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.
Synonyms: serotinal serotinous
Origin
Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”): see etymology 1.
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Noun
- Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.
Origin
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).
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banana serotine Cape serotine Chiriquinan serotine East African serotine Isalo serotine little black serotine Malagasy serotine meridional serotine Rendall's serotine Roberts's serotine Somali serotine Stanley's serotine Taddei's serotine tiny serotine white-winged serotine Zulu serotine