Sentence examples for vampire bat from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae native to South America, which use their teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal.
It's tough being a vampire bat.
That's about right: vampire bat to downright good.
The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), together with the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus, or Desmodus, youngi) and the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) are the only sanguivorous (blood-eating) bats.
Fortunately, the clue for VAMPIRE BAT ("It really sucks") made me laugh out loud.
The common vampire bat is noted for its unusual and highly evolved social structure.
Specifically, it was "The Vampire Bat," a film from the 1930s.
Slowly the vampire bat sidles and lurches up to the guinea pig, which is all innocence.
She also has a black gown that makes her look like a vampire bat.
The common vampire bat thrives in agricultural areas and feeds on livestock such as cattle, pigs, and chickens.
Even the much-feared vampire bat, famous for its blood diet, becomes more appealing after Tuttle describes it.
Objective: This study was conducted to develop techniques to discriminate dog-related and vampire bat-related rabies virus isolates (DRRV and VRRV, respectively) in Brazil.
