dermopteran

dermopteran
/deuhr mop"teuhr euhn, -treuhn/, n.
1. any member of the order Dermoptera, comprising the flying lemurs.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the dermopterans.
[ < NL Dermopter(a) ( < Gk, neut. pl. of DERMÓPTEROS having wings of skin (term used by Aristotle to describe bats); see DERMO-, -PTEROUS) + -AN]

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