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adj
Of or relating to the order Chiroptera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Any mammal, of the order Chiroptera, that has forelimbs modified to form wings; a bat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bat
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Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
Narrower terms: fruit bat, megabat, carnivorous bat, microbat
History
From Chiroptera + -an.
