A large carnivorous bat that preys on rodents, reptiles, and other small vertebrates.
（以啮齿类动物、爬行动物和其他小脊椎动物为食的）假吸血蝠
an Old World bat (three species in the family Megadermatidae, including the large Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas).
a tropical New World bat (Vampyrum spectrum, family Phyllostomidae).
Example sentencesExamples
False Vampire Bats are found in lowland forests from Central America, south to Northern Bolivia and the Southern Amazon Basin.
These ‘false vampires’ or yellow-winged bats are quite distinctive in appearance, with long, erect noseleaves (fleshy protrusion from the nose) and huge ears.
Australian false vampire bats typically roost in caves and abandoned mines.
Definition of false vampire in US English:
false vampire
noun
A large carnivorous bat that preys on rodents, reptiles, and other small vertebrates.
（以啮齿类动物、爬行动物和其他小脊椎动物为食的）假吸血蝠
an Old World bat (three species in the family Megadermatidae, including the large Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas)
a tropical New World bat (Vampyrum spectrum, family Phyllostomidae)
Example sentencesExamples
Australian false vampire bats typically roost in caves and abandoned mines.
False Vampire Bats are found in lowland forests from Central America, south to Northern Bolivia and the Southern Amazon Basin.
These ‘false vampires’ or yellow-winged bats are quite distinctive in appearance, with long, erect noseleaves (fleshy protrusion from the nose) and huge ears.