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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 Bat.

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  1. n. pl. 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 Bat.
  2. 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 Bat.
  3. An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes ofeach of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so thatthey can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.