family desmodontidae

English Thesaurus

1. true vampire bats (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	true vampire bat, vampire bat,
definition	:	any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	desmodus, genus desmodus,
definition	:	type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	diphylla, genus diphylla,
definition	:	vampire bats (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	microchiroptera, suborder microchiroptera,
definition	:	most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats (noun.animal)