Definition of Chiropters

1. Noun. (plural of chiropter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chiropters

1. chiropter [n] - See also: chiropter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiropters

chiropodists
chiropody
chiropompholyx
chiropractic
chiropractic manual manipulation
chiropractic physician
chiropractics
chiropractor
chiropractors
chiropter
chiropteran
chiropterans
chiropterologist
chiropterologists
chiropterophilia
chiropters (current term)
chiroptic
chiroptical
chiros
chiroscope
chirosophist
chirosophists
chirosophy
chirospasm
chirospecific
chirotopes
chirotopic
chirp
chirped
chirper

Literary usage of Chiropters

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

1. The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History by William Whewell (1847)
"There is not any great harshness in naturalizing these substantives as chiropters, Insectivores, Carnivores, Plantigrades, ..."

2. Our Boys and Girls by Oliver Optic (1871)
"Little Hooky, like all the chiropters, had very strange habits. Hitching his thumb-hooks to some convenient point, he would hang there, head down, ..."

3. Novum Organon Renovatum by William Whewell (1858)
"There is not any great harshness in naturalizing these substantives as chiropters, Insectivores, Carnivores, Plantigrades, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Chiropters on Dictionary.com!Search for Chiropters on Thesaurus.com!Search for Chiropters on Google!Search for Chiropters on Wikipedia!

Search