chiropterology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The scientific study of bats.

Word forms

chiropterology

Etymology

From translingual Chiroptera + -logy, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía), by surface analysis, chiro- + ptero- + -logy.

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