noun
most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
• Syn: ↑suborder Microchiroptera
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chiroptera, ↑order Chiroptera
• Member Meronyms:
↑carnivorous bat, ↑microbat, ↑Phyllostomidae, ↑family Phyllostomidae, ↑Phyllostomatidae, ↑family Phyllostomatidae, ↑Rhinolophidae, ↑family Rhinolophidae, ↑Hipposideridae, ↑family Hipposideridae, ↑Megadermatidae, ↑family Megadermatidae, ↑Vespertilionidae, ↑family Vespertilionidae, ↑Molossidae, ↑family Molossidae, ↑Desmodontidae, ↑family Desmodontidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.