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Definition of Suborder 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 Suborder Megachiroptera
Literary usage of Suborder 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)
"... though it may be questioned whether they are of equal structural importance
with other suborders of Mammalia. Suborder MEGACHIROPTERA. 1821. ..."
2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Some of them live on fruit, and a few suck the blood of other mammals.
The fruit-eating bats (suborder MEGACHIROPTERA; ..."
3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"... though it may be questioned whether they are of equal structural importance
with other suborders of Mammalia. Suborder MEGACHIROPTERA. 1821. ..."
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