A bat.
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] (73) rearmouseeOE A bat. bata1300 An animal, a member of the Mammalian order Cheiroptera, and especially of the family Vespertilionidæ; consisting of mouse-like quadrupeds (whence… callow-mouse1340 a bat. flinder-mouse1481 A bat. Cf. flickermouse, n., flittermouse, n. flittermouse1547 A bat. rattle-mouse1589 Now English regional. A bat; (in later use) esp. the serotine, Eptesicus serotinus. flickermouse1631 A bat. vespertilio1665 A bat. aliped1829 Chiefly Zoology. An animal with the fingers or digits connected by a membrane to form a wing; a bat. Now rare. Cheiroptera1835 With plural agreement. An order of Mammalia, distinguished by greatly elongated fingerbones supporting a membrane or ‘wing’ attached to the posterior… cheiropteran1835 belonging to the Cheiroptera; as n. a member of the Cheiroptera. rat-bat1851 a bat, esp. a fruit bat (so called to distinguish it from large flying insects, locally called ‘bats’: cf. quot. 1851). rhinolophid1903 A rhinolophid bat; a horseshoe bat. Subcategories:— parts of (2) — unspecified and miscellaneous type of (10) — suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bat) (7) — suborder Microchiroptera (41) |
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