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Definition of Megachiroptera
1. Noun. Fruit bats.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Chiroptera, Order Chiroptera
Member holonyms: Fruit Bat, Megabat, Genus Pteropus, Pteropus, Genus Nyctimene, Nyctimene, Cynopterus, Genus Cynopterus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megachiroptera
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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