Vampire-bat
1Vampire bat — Vampire Vam pire, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D. vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also {vampyre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A blood sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about… …
2vampire bat — vampire bats N COUNT A vampire bat is a bat from South America which feeds by sucking the blood of other animals …
3vampire bat — n a South American ↑bat that sucks the blood of other animals …
4vampire bat — n any of several Central and So. American bats (Desmodus rotundus, Diaemus youngi, and Diphylla ecaudata) that feed on the blood of birds and mammals and esp. domestic animals and that are sometimes vectors of disease and esp. of rabies also any… …
5vampire bat — n. 1. any of a family (Desmodontidae) of tropical American bats that live on vertebrate blood, esp. of stock animals, and sometimes transmit rabies and a trypanosome disease of horses 2. any of various other bats mistakenly believed to feed on… …
6Vampire bat — For the 1933 movie, see The Vampire Bat. Vampire bats Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus Scientific classification Kingdom …
7vampire bat — 1. any of several New World tropical bats of the genera Desmodus, Diphylla, and Diaemus, the size of a small mouse, feeding on small amounts of blood obtained from resting mammals and birds by means of a shallow cut made with specialized incisor… …
8vampire bat — noun any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood • Syn: ↑true vampire bat • Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous bat, ↑microbat • Hyponyms: ↑Desmodus rotundus, ↑hairy le …
9vampire bat — paprastasis vampyras statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Desmodus rotundus angl. blood sucking bat; common vampire bat; South American vampire bat; true vampire; vampire; vampire bat vok. echter Vampir;… …
10vampire bat — noun A small flying mammal (bat) of South America which uses its teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal. Syn …
