pteropodine
/tɛˈrɒpədʌɪn/Zoology
adjective
Of or relating to the subfamily Pteropodinae of Old World fruit bats (family Pteropodidae), which comprises the flying foxes and their relatives.
- The genera Harpyionycteris and Nyctimene are sometimes placed in separate subfamilies..
noun
A pteropodine bat.
Origin
1960s. From Pteropod-, taken as stem of scientific Latin Pteropus Pteropus + -ine, after scientific Latin Pteropodinae, subfamily name.
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