̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷tərə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from chir- + -ptera
: an order of eutherian mammals modified for true flight comprising the recent and extinct bats, all believed to have differentiated from an ancestral insectivore line during the early Eocene
• chi·rop·ter·an (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷rən adjective or noun
• chi·rop·ter·ous (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷rəs adjective