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chiropter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chi-ropter
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat

Etymology

Coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French chiroptère, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), equivalent to chiro- + -pter.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: chiroptère, χείρ

Inflected Forms

chiropters (plural)

Phrases

chiroptero-

Questions

What does chiropter mean?
A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat
Where does chiropter come from?
It is traced to French.

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