Definition of "vampire-bat" []

• One of several different species of bats (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Some of the definitions of this rare _chat-sauvage, _ indeed, might have answered for specifications of a griffin, or of a vampire-bat."
• "But as your actual father, if you'll allow me to say so, is one of the finest specimens of the human vampire-bat in captivity, something has got to be done about it, and you're dashed lucky to have me in your corner, a guide, philosopher, and friend, full of the fruitiest ideas."
• "But she's a sort of human vampire-bat, and she'll make things most fearfully unpleasant for me when I go back to England."