Definition of Megachiroptera

1. Noun. Fruit bats.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Megachiroptera

Meeh-Dubois formula
Meeh formula
Meelar
Meemaw
Meerut
Mees
Mees' lines
Mees' stripes
Meesman
Meesman dystrophy
Mefoxin
Mega Drives
Megachile
Megachiles
Megachilidae
Megachiroptera (current term)
Megaderma
Megaderma lyra
Megadermatidae
Megaera
Megalesian
Megalobatrachus
Megalobatrachus maximus
Megalonychidae
Megalopoli
Megalopolis
Megaloptera
Megalosauridae
Megan
Meganesia

Literary usage of Megachiroptera

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

1. The Families and Genera of Bats by Gerrit Smith Miller (1907)
"According to Matschie about 150 recognizable forms of Megachiroptera are now known. ... The Megachiroptera are all members of one family, ..."

2. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum by George Edward Dobson (1878)
"The form of the lips is exceedingly peculiar in Noctilio, and will be found described at p. 395, and figured in Plate XX. In the Megachiroptera the form of ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The leaf-cutting bees regarded as a family. Megachiroptera (meg*akï-rop'te-rii), я. pi. ... A member of the Megachiroptera; a fruit-bat. ..."

4. Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera: And Catalogue of the Species of Bats in by Indian Museum, George Edward Dobson (1876)
"In form their teeth in no respect resemble those of Megachiroptera; but the true molars, in their narrow external cutting-edges, resemble those of Car- ..."

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