Microchiroptera

plural noun

Mi·​cro·​chiroptera

: a suborder of Chiroptera including all bats except the fruit bats

microchiropteran

"+

adjective or noun

microchiropterous

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adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from micr- + Chiroptera

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