chauve-souris vampire — 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
chauve-souris vampire is used for these senses in English:
- 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.