English noun: Chiroptera | |||
| 1. | Chiroptera (animal) an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) | ||
| Synonyms | order Chiroptera | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal order | ||
| Member holonym | bat, chiropteran, Megachiroptera, Microchiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera | ||
| Member meronym | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | ||