单词 | vampire bat |
释义 | > as lemmasvampire bat vampire bat n. = sense 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Desmodontidae (vampire bat) vampire1774 spectre-bat1781 vampire bat1790 flying-dog1796 javelin-bat1861 1790 G. Shaw Speculum Linnæanum The Vampyre Bat. Tailless Bat with the nose plain, and the flying-membrane divided between the thighs. 1807 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 176 The vampyre bat, which will be found to live on vegetables. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 25 The Vampire bat is often the cause of much trouble, by biting the horses on their withers. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 176 Like vampire-bats, they're squeaking, twittering, humming. < as lemmas |
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