false vampire bat

noun

A New World bat, Vampyrum spectrum; spectral bat.

Similar
great false vampire batLinnaeus's false vampire batfalse vampire
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Meanings

nounfalse vampire bat (plural false vampire bats)

plural false vampire bats

  1. A New World bat, Vampyrum spectrum; spectral bat.

    Synonyms: great false vampire bat, Linnaeus's false vampire bat

  2. Old World bat of the family Megadermatidae.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA New World bat, Vampyrum spectrum; spectral bat.

Similar
great false vampire batLinnaeus's false vampire bat

More synonyms by meaning

nounany New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects

Similar
false vampire
Broader
leafnose batleaf-nosed bat
Also see
ghost batspectral bat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish valevampyyri
  • valevampyyribat of the family Megadermatidae
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