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DERMOPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dermoptera mean? 

DERMOPTERA (noun)
  The noun DERMOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. flying lemursplay

  Familiarity information: DERMOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DERMOPTERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flying lemurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dermoptera; order Dermoptera

Hypernyms ("Dermoptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Dermoptera"):

Cynocephalidae; family Cynocephalidae (a family of Dermoptera)

Holonyms ("Dermoptera" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)


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