chiropteran

Other forms of chiropteran

plural

chiropterans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chiropteran

What does chiropteran mean?

chiropteran means "nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate".

How many syllables are in chiropteran?

chiropteran has 4 syllables: chi-rop-te-ran. The stress falls on "rop".

What is another word for chiropteran?

Close synonyms include bat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chiropteran a common word?

chiropteran is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.