Vampire-bat

  • 31Peters’ woolly false vampire bat — ilgaplaukis netikrasis vampyras statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Chrotopterus auritus angl. Peters’ false vampire; Peters’ false vampire bat; Peters’ woolly false vampire bat rus. длинноволосый ложный… …

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  • 32African false vampire bat — afrikinis netikrasis vampyras statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Cardioderma cor angl. African false vampire bat; heart nosed bat; heart nosed big eared bat; heart nosed false vampire vok.… …

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  • 33true vampire bat — noun any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood • Syn: ↑vampire bat • Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous bat, ↑microbat • Hyponyms: ↑Desmodus rotundus, ↑hairy legged vampi …

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  • 34hairy-legged vampire bat — noun similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas • Syn: ↑Diphylla ecaudata • Hypernyms: ↑vampire bat, ↑true vampire bat • Member Holonyms: ↑Diphylla, ↑genus Diphyll …

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  • 35hairy-legged vampire bat — apželtkojis vampyras statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Diphylla ecaudata angl. hairy legged vampire; hairy legged vampire bat vok. Kammzahnflatterer; kleine Blutsauger rus. малый кровосос; мохноногий… …

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  • 36false vampire bat — ▪ mammal       any of certain bats of the Old World genera Megaderma, Cardioderma, and Macroderma (family Megadermatidae) and the New World genera Vampyrum and Chrotopterus (family Phyllostomatidae), conspicuous because of their large size and… …

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  • 37false vampire bat — noun any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects • Syn: ↑false vampire • Hypernyms: ↑leafnose bat, ↑leaf nosed bat • Hyponyms: ↑big eared bat, ↑Megaderma lyra …

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  • 38vampire — ► NOUN 1) (in folklore) a corpse supposed to leave its grave at night to drink the blood of the living. 2) (also vampire bat) a small bat that feeds on blood by piercing the skin with its incisor teeth, found mainly in tropical America.… …

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  • 39Vampire — 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 by night… …

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  • 40vampire — [vam′pīr΄] n. [Fr < Ger vampir, of Slav orig., as in Serb vàmpīr] 1. Folklore a corpse that becomes reanimated and leaves its grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping persons 2. an unscrupulous person who preys ruthlessly on others, as a… …

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