craseonycterid

English

Noun

craseonycterid (plural craseonycterids)

1. (zoology) Any bat of the family Craseonycteridae.
   • 2009, David MacDonald, The Encyclopedia of Mammals:

     However genetic data now indicate that the rhinolophoid microbats (rhinolophids, megadermatids, craseonycterids, hipposiderids, and rhinopomatids) are in fact more closely related to megabats than to other microbats.