vampyyri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- vampire noun A legendary undead creature said to survive by drinking the blood of the living.
Senses
vampyyri is used for these senses in English:
- vampire A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732]
- vampire A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]
- vampire bat 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.
vampire — full definition
- noun A legendary undead creature said to survive by drinking the blood of the living.
- noun A person who drains someone else's time, energy, or resources.
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