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chiropteran noun "Chiroptera" is the name of the order of the only mammal capable of true flight, the bat. The name is influenced by the hand-like wings of bats, which are formed from four elongated "fingers" covered by a cutaneous membrane. It is based on the Greek words for "hand," "cheir," and "wing," "pteron." "Cheir" also had a hand in the formation of the word "surgery," which is ultimately derived from the ancient word "cheirourgos," meaning "doing by hand." "Pteron" is widely used in technical names of flying insects. It’s also the ancestor of a well-known, common word: "helicopter," which joins “pteron” with Greek "heliko," meaning "spiral.” : any of an order of night-flying mammals with forelimbs modified to form wings : bat

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October 31, 2008 kye-RAHP-tuh-run The vampire hunters were greeted by swarms of chiropterans as they entered Dracula's castle.

Word	chiropteran
Date	October 31, 2008
Type	noun
Syllables	kye-RAHP-tuh-run
Etymology	"Chiroptera" is the name of the order of the only mammal capable of true flight, the bat. The name is influenced by the hand-like wings of bats, which are formed from four elongated "fingers" covered by a cutaneous membrane. It is based on the Greek words for "hand," "cheir," and "wing," "pteron." "Cheir" also had a hand in the formation of the word "surgery," which is ultimately derived from the ancient word "cheirourgos," meaning "doing by hand." "Pteron" is widely used in technical names of flying insects. It’s also the ancestor of a well-known, common word: "helicopter," which joins “pteron” with Greek "heliko," meaning "spiral.”
Examples	The vampire hunters were greeted by swarms of chiropterans as they entered Dracula's castle.
Definition	: any of an order of night-flying mammals with forelimbs modified to form wings : bat

Order Wings Greek Word Meaning Chiropteran October Noun