English > chiropteran: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate. |
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Synonym | bat |
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Member of | Chiroptera, order Chiroptera | An old order dating to early Eocene |
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Parts | wing | A movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
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Narrower | carnivorous bat, microbat | typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects |
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fruit bat, megabat | large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit |
Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
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Spanish | chiroptera, chiropteran, murciélago, quiróptero, quirópteros |
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Catalan | chiroptera, muricec, quiròpter, rata-pinyada, ratapinyada, rat-penat, ratpenat |
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