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Desmodontidae

noun

true vampire bats

• Syn: ↑family Desmodontidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Microchiroptera, ↑suborder Microchiroptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑vampire bat, ↑true vampire bat, ↑Desmodus, ↑genus Desmodus, ↑Diphylla, ↑genus Diphylla

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\\-təˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Desmodont-, Desmodus, type genus + -idae

: a small family of bats (suborder Microchiroptera) comprising the true vampire bats

Useful english dictionary. 2012.