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MEGACHIROPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fruit bats
Synonyms:
Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Megachiroptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Megachiroptera"):
fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)
genus Pteropus; Pteropus (a genus of Megachiroptera)
genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene (East Indian fruit bats)
Cynopterus; genus Cynopterus (a genus of Megachiroptera)
Holonyms ("Megachiroptera" is a member of...):
Chiroptera; order Chiroptera (an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats))
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