chiroptera (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Chiroptera*:
NOUN	animal	Chiroptera, order Chiroptera	an old order dating to early Eocene

English > *Chiroptera*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	An old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats).
Synonym	order Chiroptera
Member of	Eutheria, subclass Eutheria	All mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Members	Megachiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera	fruit bats
	Microchiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera	Most of the bats in the world
	bat, chiropteran	nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Broader	animal order	The order of animals
Spanish	quirópteros
Catalan	Chiroptera, quiròpters

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