OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 10411

vampire

/ˈvæm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vampiro
A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology.
[I]n the Village of Medreyga in Hungary, certain dead Bodies (call'd there Vampyres) had kill'd several Persons by sucking out all their Blood: That Arnold Paul, an Heyduke, having…
vampiro
A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)