1. an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats); [syn: Chiroptera, order Chiroptera]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
order Chiroptera
n 1: an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder
Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera
(insectivorous bats) [syn: Chiroptera, order
Chiroptera]