| 单词 | microchiropteran |
| 释义 | microchiropteran, a. and n. Zool.|ˌmaɪkrəʊkaɪˈrɒptərən|
[f. mod.L. name of suborder Microchiroptera (coined by G. E. Dobson 1875, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. XVI. 345): see micro- 1 a, Cheiroptera n. pl., -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the chiropteran suborder Microchiroptera, which comprises all bats other than megachiropterans, most of them insectivorous and using echolocation.
B. n. A microchiropteran bat.
1890Cent. Dict. 3748/3 Microchiropteran, a. and n. 1945A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. (ed. 2) xvii. 333 Middle Eocene deposits in both Europe..and North America have yielded skeletons of microchiropterans with well-developed wings. 1967Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. XXII. 371 Ambient temperatures of 50°C and above commonly occurred in parts of a barn loft used as a summer roost by three species of microchiropteran bats. 1976Nature 15 Apr. 626/2 We have assayed livers of 34 species of New World microchiropteran bats for l-gulonolactone oxidase. 1984D. Macdonald et al. Encycl. Mammals II. 793 Probably all microchiropterans use ultrasound which they produce with their larynxes. 1984J. E. Hill Bats ii. 6 The length of the thumb varies considerably among bats, being very short in some microchiropteran families. 1990Jrnl. Zool. CCXXII. 577 Most African microchiropterans are considered to be strictly monotocous and the birth of twins in these species is extremely unusual. |
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