[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vampire \vam"pire\, n. f. vampire cf. it. vampiro, g.  d.
   vampir, fr. servian vampir. written also vampyre.
   1. a blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
      superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
      about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
      causing their death. this superstition was once prevalent
      in parts of eastern europe, and was especially current in
      hungary about the year 1730. the vampire was often said to
      have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
      bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
      dracula published by bram stoker in 1897, which has
      inspired several movies.
      1913 webster + pjc

            the persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
            witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
            violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
            by the church,                        --encyc. brit.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: one who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
      a bloodsucker.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. either one of two or more species of south
      american blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
      desmodus and diphylla; also called vampire bat.
      these bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
      sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
      wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
      and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
      they have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
      blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. any one of several species of harmless tropical
      american bats of the genus vampyrus, especially
      vampyrus spectrum. these bats feed upon insects and
      fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
      blood of man and animals. called also false vampire.
      1913 webster

   vampire bat zool., a vampire, 3.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster
see also:
vampyre desmodus diphylla vampire bat vampyrus vampyrus spectrum 
false vampire vampire bat 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vampire bat
     n : any of various tropical american bats of the family
         desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on
         their blood syn: true vampire bat
see also:
true vampire bat 

Vampire Bat
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Vampire Bat Skull
...Found in northern Mexico south to Uruguay, the vampire bat, as it's name suggests, feeds on the.....Found in northern Mexico south to Uruguay, the vampire bat, as it's name suggests, feeds on the.....Feeding occurs when the bat locates sleeping prey, bites a tiny hole with it's razor-like..
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Vampire Bat
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http://www.conorbuckner.us/vp.html, score=56, date indexed=June 16, 2005, 12:24 pm

Vampire Bat - Desmodus rotundus
...Unlike other bats the vampire bat can walk, run, and hop along the ground to stalk its.....The Vampire bat looks sort of like a pig with fangs and large pointy ears. The Vampire bat is.....The vampire bat likes tropical and subtropical places of Central and South America. The vampire..
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/vampire_bat.htm, score=53, date indexed=June 12, 2005, 3:56 pm

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Animal Bytes: vampire bat
...Scientists recently discovered that the anticoagulant in vampire bat saliva is twenty times.....Vampire bats have fewer teeth than any other bat because they do not have to chew their.....Along with flying, vampire bats can run, jump, and hop with great speed, using their chest..
http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/vampire_batab.html, score=43, date indexed=March 31, 2005, 12:44 am

vampire bat on Encyclopedia.com
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/v1/vampireb.asp, score=43, date indexed=October 9, 2005, 3:24 am

Vampire Bat - Desmodus rotundus
...Vampire Bat.. Desmodus rotundus.. Physical Characteristics.. These bats have no tail, their upper..
http://www.scz.org/animals/b/vampire.html, score=42, date indexed=April 22, 2005, 9:50 am

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