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MEGACHIROPTERA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Megachiroptera mean?

• MEGACHIROPTERA (noun)
The noun MEGACHIROPTERA has 1 sense:

1. fruit bats

Familiarity information: MEGACHIROPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MEGACHIROPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Megachiroptera ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Fruit bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera

Hypernyms ("Megachiroptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Megachiroptera"):

fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)

genus Pteropus; Pteropus (a genus of Megachiroptera)

genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene (East Indian fruit bats)

Cynopterus; genus Cynopterus (a genus of Megachiroptera)

Holonyms ("Megachiroptera" is a member of...):

Chiroptera; order Chiroptera (an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats))

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