(historical) An incident in 88 BCE, in which a coordinated massacre of Roman citizens in various towns in Anatolia was undertaken at the behest of King Mithridates VI of Pontus, which served as casus belli for Rome to instigate the First Mithridatic War.

A rebellion on the island of Sicily, against the rule of Charles I of Anjou, that began at Easter, 1282.

plural of vesper martini

(historical) A war between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin which was triggered by the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282 and resulted in the division of the Kingdom of Sicily, with Aragon taking the island while Angevin retained the peninsular territories.

(poetic) Of or related to the evening; that occurs in the evening. / (astrology, of a planet or star) That sets after the sun. / (zoology, of an animal) That is principally active at dusk.

Any of very many bats of the family Vespertilionidae.

(zoology) Any bat of the family Vespertilionidae or subfamily Vespertilioninae

of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae

Vespertine; occurring in the evening. / (botany, zoology) Opening or active in the evening.

plural of vespertilionid