Medical Dictionary

Desmodus

noun Des·mo·dus \dez-ˈmōd-əs\

Medical Definition of DESMODUS

:  a monotypic genus of a subfamily (Desmodontinae of the family Phyllostomidae) containing a common South American vampire bat (D. rotundus)

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