DESMODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Desmodontidae mean? 

• DESMODONTIDAE (noun)
  The noun DESMODONTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. true vampire bats

  Familiarity information: DESMODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESMODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

True vampire bats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Desmodontidae; family Desmodontidae

Hypernyms ("Desmodontidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Desmodontidae"):

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)

Desmodus; genus Desmodus (type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats)

Diphylla; genus Diphylla (vampire bats)

Holonyms ("Desmodontidae" is a member of...):

Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)