HAIRY-LEGGED VAMPIRE BAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hairy-legged vampire bat mean? 

• HAIRY-LEGGED VAMPIRE BAT (noun)
  The noun HAIRY-LEGGED VAMPIRE BAT has 1 sense:

1. similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas

  Familiarity information: HAIRY-LEGGED VAMPIRE BAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAIRY-LEGGED VAMPIRE BAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Diphylla ecaudata; hairy-legged vampire bat

Hypernyms ("hairy-legged vampire bat" 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 ("hairy-legged vampire bat" is a member of...):

Diphylla; genus Diphylla (vampire bats)