HyperDic: chiroptera

English > 1 sense of the word Chiroptera:
NOUNanimalChiroptera, order Chiropteraan old order dating to early Eocene
English > Chiroptera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats).
Synonymorder Chiroptera
Member ofEutheria, subclass EutheriaAll mammals except monotremes and marsupials
MembersMegachiroptera, suborder Megachiropterafruit bats
Microchiroptera, suborder MicrochiropteraMost of the bats in the world
bat, chiropterannocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishquirópteros
CatalanChiroptera, quiròpters

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