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FALSE VAMPIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
Synonyms:
false vampire; false vampire bat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("false vampire" is a kind of...):
leaf-nosed bat; leafnose bat (bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "false vampire"):
big-eared bat; Megaderma lyra (large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears)
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