Meaning of vampire bat | Babel Free
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
Català
vampir
Čeština
upír
Deutsch
Vampirfledermaus
Ελληνικά
νυχτερίδα
Français
chauve-souris vampire
Gaeilge
vaimpír
Íslenska
vampíra
Italiano
pipistrello vampiro
한국어
흡혈박쥐
Kurdî
vampîr
Polski
wampir
Português
morcego-vampiro
Română
vampir
Русский
вампир
Українська
вампір
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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