hairy-legged vampire bat

Definitions of hairy-legged vampire bat
  1. noun
    similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas
    synonyms: Diphylla ecaudata
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    type of:
    true vampire bat, vampire bat
    any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
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