Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHEI'ROP-TER, or CHEI'ROP-TER-AR
CHEI-RO-POT'A-MUSCHEI-RO-THE'RI-UM
CHEI'ROP-TER, or CHEI'ROP-TER-AR, n. [Gr. χειρ, the hand, and πτερον, wing.]
An animal whose anterior toes are connected by a membrane, and whose feet thus serve for wings, as the bat. – Lunier.
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