chiropteran
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate • Syn: bat • Hypernyms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal • Hyponyms: fruit bat, megabat, carnivorous bat, microbat • Member Holonyms: Chiroptera, order Chiroptera • Part Meronyms: wing
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