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DESMODUS ROTUNDUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Desmodus rotundus" is a kind of...):
true vampire bat; vampire bat (any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood)
Holonyms ("Desmodus rotundus" is a member of...):
Desmodus; genus Desmodus (type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats)
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