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Webster 1913 Edition


Haematophilina


Haemˊa-to-phi-li′na

(-tō̍-fĭ-lī′nȧ)
,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
αἷμα
,
αἵματος
, blood +
φιλεῖν
to love.]
(Zool.)
A division of
Chiroptera
, including the bloodsucking bats. See
Vampire
.