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VAMPIRE BAT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does vampire bat mean?

• VAMPIRE BAT (noun)
The noun VAMPIRE BAT has 1 sense:

1. any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood

Familiarity information: VAMPIRE BAT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VAMPIRE BAT (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

true vampire bat; vampire bat

Hypernyms ("vampire bat" is a kind of...):

carnivorous bat; microbat (typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vampire bat"):

Desmodus rotundus (mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals)

Diphylla ecaudata; hairy-legged vampire bat (similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas)

Holonyms ("vampire bat" is a member of...):

Desmodontidae; family Desmodontidae (true vampire bats)

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