English Dictionary

vampire bat

名詞

Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to South America, which use their teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal.

日本語の意味

南アメリカ原産の小型のコウモリで、大型動物の皮膚に小さな切り傷を作り、その隙間から密かに血を摂取する吸血コウモリ

At dusk, a vampire bat slipped beneath the sleeping cow's flank and quietly lapped up a small pool of blood.

夕暮れ時、デスモドン亜科に属する吸血性の小型コウモリが眠っている牛の脇腹の下に忍び込み、静かに小さな血の水たまりを舐め取った。

意味（1）

Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to South America, which use their teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal.

vampire bats （ plural ）