vampire
Definitions of vampire
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(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
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any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their bloodtype of:chauve-souris carnivoretypically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution
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