noun
an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
• Syn: ↑Chiroptera
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria
• Member Meronyms: ↑bat, ↑chiropteran, ↑Megachiroptera, ↑suborder Megachiroptera, ↑Microchiroptera, ↑suborder Microchiroptera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.