Cheiroptera - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: cheiropteraCheiroptera
An earlier spelling for Chiroptera an order of Mammalia including the bats having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web so that they can be used like wings in flying See Chiroptera and Bat...
chiroptera
an ancient order of mammalia dating to the early Eocene including the bats They are nocturnal mouselike mammals having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web so that they form membranous wings that can be used in flying They also have anatomical adaptations including large ears for echolocation by which they navigate and in some cases find insects The order includes the suborders Megachiroptera the fruit bats and Microchiroptera insectivorous bats See Bat Previously spelled cheiroptera...
VerbarFrugivora
The fruit bate a group of the Cheiroptera comprising the bats which live on fruits See Eruit bat under Fruit...
Hand winged
Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones said of bats See Cheiroptera...
Microsthene
One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic It includes the lower orders as the Insectivora Cheiroptera Rodentia and Edentata...
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