vampire bat
English
Noun
vampire bat (plural vampire bats)
- Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to South America, which use their teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal.
Synonyms
- vampire
Hyponyms
- common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus
- white-winged vampire bat, Diaemus youngi
- hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata
Derived terms
- false vampire bat
- Linnaeus's false vampire bat (Vampyrum spectrum)
- spectral vampire bat (Vampyrum spectrum)
- white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi)
Translations
bat of the subfamily Desmodontinae
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