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单词 Microchiroptera
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Definition of Microchiroptera in English:

Microchiroptera

plural nounˌmʌɪkrəʊkʌɪˈrɒpt(ə)rəˌmīkrōkəˈräptərə
Zoology
  • A major division of bats which comprises all but the fruit bats.

    Suborder Microchiroptera, order Chiroptera: many families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The other major group of bats, the Microchiroptera or microbats, is quite ecologically diverse.
    • There are two major groups of bats, usually given the rank of suborders, Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera.
    • An additional explanation for the absence of either mode in Microchiroptera is their reliance on echolocation, and their need to maintain regular sensory input.
    • The bats with which most people are familiar belong to the Microchiroptera.
    • The two suborders of bats, Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera, use different sensory modalities for perceiving their environment.

Derivatives

  • microchiropteran

  • adjective & noun
    Zoology
    • These fossils represent essentially modern-looking microchiropterans; bats had evolved all of their characteristic features and begun to diversify by this time.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Megachiropterans and microchiropterans differ in many other ways.
      • They are sometimes considered to be the most primitive living microchiropterans, because of their free premaxillae, and the structure of their wings and thorax.
      • Like all microchiropterans, emballonurids use echolocation to locate prey.
      • Other microchiropterans may behave similarly, but this is not evident from patterns of repetition of echolocation calls in flight.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from micro- 'small' + Greek kheir 'hand' + pteron 'wing'.

 
 

Definition of Microchiroptera in US English:

Microchiroptera

plural nounˌmīkrōkəˈräptərə
Zoology
  • A major division of bats which comprises all but the fruit bats.

    Suborder Microchiroptera, order Chiroptera: many families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An additional explanation for the absence of either mode in Microchiroptera is their reliance on echolocation, and their need to maintain regular sensory input.
    • The bats with which most people are familiar belong to the Microchiroptera.
    • There are two major groups of bats, usually given the rank of suborders, Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera.
    • The two suborders of bats, Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera, use different sensory modalities for perceiving their environment.
    • The other major group of bats, the Microchiroptera or microbats, is quite ecologically diverse.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from micro- ‘small’ + Greek kheir ‘hand’ + pteron ‘wing’.

 
 
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