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cheiroptera

CIDE DICTIONARY

cheiroptera, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chei`r hand + ptero`n wing.].
     An earlier spelling for Chiroptera, 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 Chiroptera and Bat.  [1913 Webster]

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