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chiropter en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French chiroptère, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), equivalent to chiro- + -pter.

Meanings

  1. A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat

Forms

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Deriveds

chiroptero-

Translations (7)

it chirottero (member of the order Chiroptera) · fr chiroptère (member of the order Chiroptera) · el χειρόπτερο (member of the order Chiroptera) · bg прилеп (member of the order Chiroptera) · fi lepakko (member of the order Chiroptera) · es quiróptero (member of the order Chiroptera) · oc quiroptèr (member of the order Chiroptera)

wikipedia: Georges Cuvier