单词 | vampire bat |
释义 | vampire batnounany 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 teeth. any of several large South American bats of the genera Phyllostomus and Vampyrus, erroneously believed to feed on blood. false vampire. Origin of vampire batFirst recorded in 1780–90 Words nearby vampire batvamoose, vamose, vamp, vamphorn, vampire, vampire bat, vampires, vampirism, vamplate, van, vanadate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for vampire batvampire bat nounany bat, esp Desmodus rotundus, of the family Desmodontidae of tropical regions of Central and South America, having sharp incisor and canine teeth and feeding on the blood of birds and mammalsCompare false vampire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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