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(n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cheiroptera'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cheiroptera.html. 1828.
 
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