DESMODUS ROTUNDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Desmodus rotundus mean? 

• DESMODUS ROTUNDUS (noun)
  The noun DESMODUS ROTUNDUS has 1 sense:

1. mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals

  Familiarity information: DESMODUS ROTUNDUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESMODUS ROTUNDUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Desmodus rotundus" 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 ("Desmodus rotundus" is a member of...):

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