order_chiroptera
1. [ noun ] (biology,zoology) an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
Synonyms: Chiroptera
Related terms: animal_order Eutheria bat Microchiroptera Megachiroptera
Similar spelling:   order_Coleoptera
  order_Dermoptera
  order_Embioptera
  order_Orthoptera
  order_Neuroptera
  order_Isoptera
  order_Psocoptera
  order_Plecoptera
  order_Lepidoptera
  order_Trichoptera
  order_mecoptera
  order_Hemiptera
  order_Dermaptera
  order_Diptera
  order_Dictyoptera
  order_Hymenoptera
  order_Ephemeroptera
  order_Siphonaptera
  order_Sauropterygia
  order_Thysanoptera
  order_Cydippea
  order_Anoplura
  order_Eurypterida
  order_Siphonophora
  order_Conodonta
  order_Proteales
  order_Chelonia
  order_Charales
  order_Isopoda
  order_Corrodentia
  order_Coniferales
  order_Lycoperdales
  order_Madreporaria
  order_Octopoda
  order_Chelonethida
  order_Heliozoa
  order_Embiodea
  order_Protura
  order_Cydippida