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cheiroptera |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cheiroptera \Chei*rop"te*ra\, n. pl [NL., fr Gr ? hand + ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 {Bat}.
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