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    GENUS DESMODUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire batsplay

    Synonyms:

    Desmodus; genus Desmodus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Desmodus" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Desmodus"):

    Desmodus rotundus (mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals)

    Holonyms ("genus Desmodus" is a member of...):

    Desmodontidae; family Desmodontidae (true vampire bats)

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