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CHIROPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
Synonyms:
Chiroptera; order Chiroptera
Classified under:
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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