vampire bats

A form of vampire bat — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of vampire bat
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