Cheiroptera :: Cheiroptera (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..
Cheiropterous :: Cheiropterous (a.) Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family..
Cheiropterygium :: Cheiropterygium (n.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
Cheirosophy :: Cheirosophy (n.) The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.
Cheirotherium :: Cheirotherium (n.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix..