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cheiropterous

cheiropterous adjective: belonging to the bat family (formerly classified as Cheiroptera).

Adjective

cheiropterous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Belonging to the bat family (formerly classified as Cheiroptera)

Origin of cheiropterous

Cheiroptera + -ous

Questions about cheiropterous

What does cheiropterous mean?
Cheiropterous means belonging to the bat family (formerly classified as Cheiroptera).
What part of speech is cheiropterous?
Cheiropterous is an adjective.

Words near cheiropterous in the dictionary

  1. cheiropodist
  2. cheiropodists
  3. cheiropody
  4. cheiropompholyx
  5. cheiropter
  6. cheiropterous
  7. cheiropters
  8. cheiropterygia
  9. cheiropterygial
  10. cheiropterygium
  11. cheiroside

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