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chiropteran

[kahy-rop-ter-uhn]

noun

chiropter.

adjective

of or pertaining to a chiropter.

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Origin:
1825–35; < Neo-Latin Chiropter(a) (see chiropter) + -an

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chiropteran (kaɪˈrɒptərən)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats

—n
2.	Also called: chiropter a bat

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