Definitions for vampire bat
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vam′pire bat`(n.)
any small New World tropical bat of the family Desmodontidae, having specialized front teeth for cutting into the skin and drawing blood from resting animals.
Category: Mammals
any of several other bats, esp. those of the family Megadermatidae, erroneously believed to feed on blood.
Category: Mammals
Origin of vampire bat:
1780–90
Princeton's WordNet
vampire bat, true vampire bat(noun)
any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
Wiktionary
vampire 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.
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