Definition of chiropteras Chiropteras

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Noun
chiroptera - an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
		order Chiroptera
		animal order the order of animals
		eutheria, subclass eutheria all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
		chiropteran, bat (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"
		megachiroptera, suborder megachiroptera fruit bats