Definition of Microchiroptera

1. Noun. Most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Microchiroptera

Mickey Mouse Protection Act
Mickey Mouse cap
Mickey Mouse caps
Mickey Mouse glove
Mickey Mouse gloves
Mickey Mouse hat
Mickey Mouse hats
Mickey Mousing
Mickey Spillane
Mickeys
Mickeysoft
Micky
Micmac
Micmacs
Micro$oft
Microchiroptera (current term)
Micrococcus candidus
Micrococcus conglomeratus
Micrococcus cryophilus
Micrococcus morrhuae
Micrococcus ureae
Micrococcus varians
Microdesmidae
Microdipodops
Microgramma
Microgramma-piloselloides
Microhoo
Microhylidae
Micromeria
Micromeria chamissonis

Literary usage of Microchiroptera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The absence of the claw on the index finger is specially to be noted. SIZE.—Head and body, 4 inches; tail, ^ inch. Microchiroptera. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"These are the Microchiroptera and the Megachiroptera the former being in the main insectivorous while the latter are fru- ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Of or pertaining to the 'Microchiroptera. constitutes the suborder ... One of the Microchiroptera; any bat except a fruit-bat. ..."

4. An Introduction to the Mammalian Dentition by Thomas Wingate Todd (1918)
"CHAPTER XVI THE BATS General position of the order—Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera—Vespertilio fuscus—Importance of the incisor specialization—Molars of ..."

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