Term: chiroptera: an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: kinesis: a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: golf ball: a small hard ball used in playing golf; dimpled to reduce wind resistance
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: microchiroptera: most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: mainspring: the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: tract house: one of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: calostoma cinnabarina: a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: telephone system: a communication system that transmits sound between distant points
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: hacker: a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: common dandelion: Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine
Broader: animal order: the order of animals | Unrelated: meteorological observation post: one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded