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FAMILY DESMODONTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Desmodontidae mean?
• FAMILY DESMODONTIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY DESMODONTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. true vampire bats
Familiarity information: FAMILY DESMODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
True vampire bats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Desmodontidae; family Desmodontidae
Hypernyms ("family Desmodontidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Desmodontidae" is a member of...):
Microchiroptera; suborder Microchiroptera (most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats)
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