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vampire bat

NOUN:
  1. Any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood and that often carry diseases such as rabies.
  2. Any of various other bats, as those of the family Megadermatidae, erroneously believed to feed on blood.



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