Cheiroptera

Chei`rop´te`ra

    (kî`rǒp´tė`rå)

prop. n. p

1.

(Zool.) An earlier spelling for Chiroptera, 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 Chiroptera and Bat.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.