chiropterologist UK /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/US /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/ noun1 •Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).Several years later, after reading three of his books on bats, I placed a call to the venerable chiropterologist Dr. M. Brock Fenton, known as the "batman" of York University in Toronto. — 2001 formschiropterologists