chiropter

chiropter
/kuy rop"teuhr/, n.
any mammal of the order Chiroptera, comprising the bats.
[ < NL Chiroptera, equiv. to chiro- CHIRO- + Gk -ptera, neut. pl. of -pteros -PTEROUS; so named because the wing membranes are supported by the extended digits of the forelimbs; cf. -PTER]

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