英和和英

名詞

bat house (plural bat houses)

1. A nest box for bats.

   Synonym: bat box

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈbætˌhaʊs/

語源

Compound of bat +‎ house.

名詞

bathouse (plural bathouses)

1. A structure designed to serve as a shelter for bats.
   • 2019 April, Sina M. Weier, et. al, “Insect pest consumption by bats in macadamia orchards established by molecular diet analyses”, in Global Ecology and Conservation, volume 18, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Wiley-Blackwell, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     Between July 2015 and April 2017, we collected bat faecal pellets using two different methods to determine the prevalence of insect pests in faecal pellets. Twenty-one bathouses had been mounted on poles in four orchards in the study area by the company 'EcoSolutions' (Johannesburg, South Africa) in 2014.

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with bathhouse (“a building with baths”)