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Chiroptera — noun an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) • Syn: ↑order Chiroptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria … Useful english dictionary
chiroptera — chi*rop te*ra (k[ i]*r[o^]p t[ e]r), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chei r hand + ptero n wing.] (Zo[ o]l.) an ancient order of mammalia dating to the early Eocene, including the bats. They are nocturnal mouselike mammals having four toes of each of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chiroptera (disambiguation) — Chiroptera, the order of flying mammals commonly called bats Chiroptera, fictional creatures in the anime series Blood+ and anime film Blood: The Last Vampire This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
Chiroptera — Cheiroptera Chei*rop te*ra (k[ i]*r[o^]p t[ e]*r[.a]), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chei r hand + ptero n wing.] (Zo[ o]l.) An earlier spelling for {Chiroptera}, an order of Mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chiroptera — The bats, an order of placental mammals of worldwide distribution, characterized by a modification of the forelimbs that enables them to fly. They are capable of emitting ultrasonic sounds that enable them to echolocate, find flying insect prey,… … Medical dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Mammals of Borneo — The mammal species of Borneo include 288 species of terrestrial and 91 species of marine mammals recorded within the territorial boundaries of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. The terrestrial mammals are dominated by the chiroptera (102 species of … Wikipedia
Bat — For other uses, see Bat (disambiguation). Bats Temporal range: 52–0 Ma … Wikipedia
List of mammals of Korea — Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands. Once common t … Wikipedia
Mouse-eared bat — For the species sometimes known as the mouse eared bat, see the greater mouse eared bat. Mouse eared bats Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) Scientific classification … Wikipedia
