ORDER DERMOPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Dermoptera mean? 

• ORDER DERMOPTERA (noun)
  The noun ORDER DERMOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. flying lemurs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER DERMOPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flying lemurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dermoptera; order Dermoptera

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Dermoptera"):

Cynocephalidae; family Cynocephalidae (a family of Dermoptera)

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

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