DIPHYLLA ECAUDATA

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Meaning:

Similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas

Synonyms:

Diphylla ecaudata; hairy-legged vampire bat

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Diphylla ecaudata" is a kind 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)

Holonyms ("Diphylla ecaudata" is a member of...):

Diphylla; genus Diphylla (vampire bats)

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