вампир — meaning in English
vampir
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English meaning
Senses
вампир is used for these senses in English:
- ghoul (mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.
- 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.
ghoul — full definition
- noun A legendary demon or evil spirit said to rob graves and feed on corpses.
- noun A person with a morbid, unhealthy fascination with death or gruesome things.
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.