CHIROPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chiroptera mean? 

• CHIROPTERA (noun)
  The noun CHIROPTERA has 1 sense:

1. an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)

  Familiarity information: CHIROPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIROPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chiroptera; order Chiroptera

Hypernyms ("Chiroptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Chiroptera"):

bat; chiropteran (nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate)

Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)

Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)

Holonyms ("Chiroptera" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)