vampire bat
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vampire bat
noun vampire bats
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Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to Central and South America, which use their teeth to cut the skin of larger animals while they are asleep and surreptitiously drink blood, their sole source of food.
I noticed a peculiarity which distinguished these bats from any others with which I had come in contact (and on the Rio Negro my experiences in this respect had been ghastly and terrible: men wither and die there from nightly visitations of vampire bats).
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noun bat of the subfamily Desmodontinae
| 한국어 | 흡혈박쥐 heuphyeolbakjwi |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 吸血蝠 xīxuèfú |
| Português | morcego-vampiro |
| Français | chauve-souris vampire |
| Deutsch | Vampirfledermaus |
| Italiano | pipistrello vampiro |
| Ελληνικά | νυχτερίδα nychterída |
| Română | liliac vampir, vampir |
| Русский | вампи́р vampír |
| Tiếng Việt | dơi quỷ |
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title = {vampire bat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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