noun

• An insectivorous bat with ears that are very long in proportion to the body.

  Plecotus and other genera, family Vespertilionidae: several species, in particular the common long-eared bat or brown long-eared bat (P. auritus) of Eurasia

  ‘The pipistrelles and brown long-eared bats who've been very active this summer have settled in their winter roosts - our cellar, old barn eaves and rot-holes in trees.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘A colony of Gould's long-eared bats had taken up residence inside the bell.’