chiropter

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chiropter

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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.

noun chiropters

A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat

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noun member of the order Chiroptera

Español	quiróptero
Français	chiroptère
Italiano	chirottero
Ελληνικά	χειρόπτερο cheiróptero

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@misc{chiropter_2026,
  title = {chiropter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chiropter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}