vampire bat
vam·pire bat
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vam-pahyuh r bat]
- /ˈvæm paɪər bæt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vam-pahyuh r bat]
- /ˈvæm paɪər bæt/
Definitions of vampire bat words
- noun vampire bat any 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. 1
- noun vampire bat any of several large South American bats of the genera Phyllostomus and Vampyrus, erroneously believed to feed on blood. 1
- noun vampire bat false vampire. 1
- countable noun vampire bat A vampire bat is a bat from South America which feeds by sucking the blood of other animals. 0
- noun vampire bat any 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 mammals 0
- noun vampire bat any of a family (Desmodontidae) of tropical American bats that live on vertebrate blood, esp. of stock animals, and sometimes transmit rabies and a trypanosome disease of horses 0
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Origin of vampire bat
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1780-90
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Parts of speech for Vampire bat
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vampire bat popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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