CHIROPTERAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chiropteran mean? 

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

1. nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIROPTERAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bat; chiropteran

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

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Meronyms (parts of "chiropteran"):

wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chiropteran"):

fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)

carnivorous bat; microbat (typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution)

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

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