chiropteran

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
Hyponyms: ↑fruit bat, ↑megabat, ↑carnivorous bat, ↑microbat
Member Holonyms: ↑Chiroptera, ↑order Chiroptera
Part Meronyms: ↑wing

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adjective or noun

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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-

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