vampire : Idioms & Phrases

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False vampire

  • noun any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
    false vampire.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; called also vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
Webster 1913

false vampire bat

  • noun any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
    false vampire.
WordNet

hairy-legged vampire bat

  • noun similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas
    Diphylla ecaudata.
WordNet

true vampire bat

  • noun any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
    true vampire bat.
WordNet

Vampire bat

  • noun any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
    true vampire bat.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a vampire, 3.
Webster 1913