chiropteran

American  

[kahy-rop-ter-uhn] / kaɪˈrɒp tər ən /

noun

1. chiropter.

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adjective

1. of or relating to a chiropter.

chiropteran British  

/ kaɪˈrɒptərən /

adjective

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

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noun

1. Also called: chiropter.  a bat

Etymology

Origin of chiropteran

1825–35; < New Latin Chiropter ( a ) ( see chiropter) + -an

Example Sentences

All chiropteran species could be affected by the climate change, but the magnitude of the impact could be very different among groups of bats with different biogeographical patterns.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

In the comics, he has at times been reconfigured as a heroic vigilante, not unlike Batman with distinctly pastier colouring, a thirst for bad-guy blood, and actual chiropteran superpowers.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2018

Appended is a checklist of the chiropteran fauna of Nicaragua in which only primary literature with actual reference to specimens from the republic is cited.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

A monograph of the chiropteran genera Uroderma, Enchisthenes, and Artibeus.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox