bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
“...adoraban al buho por la hermosura de sus ojos y cabeza, y al murciélago por la sutileza de su vista...” — ...they adored the owl for the prettiness of its eyes and head, and the bat for the subtlety of its sight...
Synonyms: quiróptero, panarra, ratón volador
Related: murciélago escarchado, murciélago mastín, murciélago negruzco, murciélago vampiro
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Italic *mūs Latin mūs Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos Proto-Italic *kaikos Latin caecus Vulgar Latin mūrem caecum Old Spanish murciegoder. Spanish murciélago Metathetic form of earlier murciégalo, a diminutive of Old Spanish murciego, from Vulgar Latin *mūrem caecum (literally “blind mouse”). Compare Galician and Portuguese morcego.