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CHIROPTERA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Chiroptera; order Chiroptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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