I hope you mean the order name, which is "Chiroptera." I quote from Wikipedia:
"The word Chiroptera can be translated from the Greek words for "hand wing," as the structure of the open wing is very similar to an outspread human hand, with a membrane (patagium) between the fingers that also stretches between hand and body."
What does the scientific name for bats mean?
chiroptera means "hand wing"
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