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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cheiroptera

/(kī̇*rŏp"tē̇*rȧ)/ · Chei·rop·te·ra · IPA
01 prop. n. pl. An earlier spelling for Chiroptera, an order of Mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and …
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    An earlier spelling for Chiroptera, an order of Mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Chiroptera and Bat.(Zool.) [archaic] See: Chiroptera, Bat