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Desmodus

noun

type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats

• Syn: ↑genus Desmodus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Desmodontidae, ↑family Desmodontidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Desmodus rotundus

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\\ˈdezmədəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from desm- + -odus

: the type genus of Desmodontidae comprising a number of common So. Amer. bloodsucking bats — see vampire

Useful english dictionary. 2012.