Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various mammals of the order Chiroptera, having forelimbs modified as wings; a bat.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the Chiroptera.
  • noun A chiropter; a bat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
  • noun same as chiropter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any mammal, of the order Chiroptera, that has forelimbs modified to form wings

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Chīroptera, order name : chiro– + –pter.]

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Examples

  • The chiropteran bared his teeth and hissed a stream of liquid at me.

    Going Mutant Dr. Barry Leed 2010

  • Penial morphology and the question of chiropteran monophyly.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Approaches, methods, and the future of the chiropteran monophyly controversy: a reply to J.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Approaches, methods, and the future of the chiropteran monophyly controversy: a reply to J.

    We flightless primates Darren Naish 2006

  • Penial morphology and the question of chiropteran monophyly.

    We flightless primates Darren Naish 2006

  • What about "Batboy: The Musical", based on the infamous chiropteran creation of the Weekly World News?

    The Best and Worst Suvuduesque Musicals Ever - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2008

  • Teeling et al. 2000, 2002, Liu et al. 2001) but note that many of these studies (Hutcheon et al. 1998, Teeling et al. 2000, 2002, Liu et al. 2001) did not support Pettigrew's idea of chiropteran diphyly.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Teeling et al. 2000, 2002, Liu et al. 2001) but note that many of these studies (Hutcheon et al. 1998, Teeling et al. 2000, 2002, Liu et al. 2001) did not support Pettigrew's idea of chiropteran diphyly.

    We flightless primates Darren Naish 2006

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