vampire bat

/V AE1 M P AY0 R B AE1 T/
noun
  1. 1

    Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to South America, which use their teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal.

Synonyms

vampire

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