vampire
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• noun
A mythical undead creature of folklore and fiction that rises from the grave at night to sustain itself by drinking the blood of the living.
"Bram Stoker's nineteenth-century Gothic novel established many of the enduring literary conventions associated with the modern vampire."
A person or entity that ruthlessly exploits, drains, or preys upon others for personal, financial, or emotional gain.
"She distanced herself from colleagues who acted like emotional vampires, constantly draining the morale of the entire team."
Any of three small nocturnal bat species of the subfamily Desmodontinae native to Central and South America that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded vertebrates; a vampire bat.
"Unlike the monsters of European folklore, the true vampire of the American tropics is a small mammal with specialized heat sensors on its nose."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 18th century via French (vampire) and German (Vampir), ultimately from Serbian vampir and a broader Slavic root for an undead revenant.