Definition of Chiropterans

1. chiropteran [n] - See also: chiropteran

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiropterans

chiroplasty
chiropodalgia
chiropodies
chiropodist
chiropodists
chiropody
chiropompholyx
chiropractic
chiropractic manual manipulation
chiropractic physician
chiropractics
chiropractor
chiropractors
chiropter
chiropteran
chiropterans (current term)
chiropterologist
chiropterologists
chiropterophilia
chiropters
chiroptic
chiroptical
chiros
chiroscope
chirosophist
chirosophists
chirosophy
chirospasm
chirospecific
chirotopes

Literary usage of Chiropterans

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1886)
"The inference, no, the only 'conclusion,' is, that these hoary chiropterans are living remnants of the coal-forming age. ..."

2. Elements of Biology: A Practical Text-book Correlating Botany, Zoology, and by George William Hunter (1907)
"Seals and Sea lions chiropterans Fore limbs adapted to flight, teeth Bat pointed Primates Erect or nearly so, fore ap- Monkeys pendage provided with hand ..."

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