[a. F. barbastelle, It. barbastrello (Florio, 1611).] A bat of a dark brown color (Plecotus barbastellus), found in France and Germany.
1791. Smellie, Buffon’s Nat. Hist., IV. 323. The sixth species I call Barbastelle, from the Italian word barbastello, which also signifies a bat.
1813. Bingley, Anim. Biog., I. 110. The Barbastelle Bat is somewhat larger than the two first species.
1847. Craig, Barbastel Bat.
