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chiropteran

n. any member of the order Chiroptera, with membraned limbs serving as wings including bats and flying foxes.
Derivatives:
chiropterous adj.
Etymology: CHIRO- + Gk pteron wing

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noun

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

• Syn: ↑bat

• Hypernyms: ↑placental, ↑placental mammal, ↑eutherian, ↑eutherian mammal

• Hyponyms: ↑fruit bat, ↑megabat, ↑carnivorous bat, ↑microbat

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chiroptera, ↑order Chiroptera

• Part Meronyms: ↑wing

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adjective or noun

see chiroptera

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/kuy rop"teuhr euhn/, n.

1. chiropter.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to a chiropter.

[1825-35; < NL Chiropter(a) (see CHIROPTER) + -AN]

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chiropˈteran noun

(Gr pteron wing) a member of the Chiropˈtera, an order of mammals comprising the bats

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Main Entry: ↑chiro-

Useful english dictionary. 2012.