vampire bat
Definitions
Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to Central and South America, which use their teeth to cut the skin of larger animals while they are asleep and surreptitiously drink blood, their sole source of food.
Equivalents
Examples
“I noticed a peculiarity which distinguished these bats from any others with which I had come⟳ in contact⟳ (and on the Rio Negro my experiences in this respect⟳ had been ghastly and terrible: men wither and die⟳ there from nightly visitations of vampire bats).”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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