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Definition of Microchiroptera
1. Noun. Most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Chiroptera, Order Chiroptera
Member holonyms: Carnivorous Bat, Microbat, Family Phyllostomatidae, Family Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomidae, Family Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophidae, Family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae, Family Megadermatidae, Megadermatidae, Family Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionidae, Family Molossidae, Molossidae, Desmodontidae, Family Desmodontidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microchiroptera
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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