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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the hands or fore limbs modified as wings; chiropterous, as a bat.

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

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.

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

  • adjective zoology Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as in the bats and pterodactyls.

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