See Also: waxbill(medicine)
waxbill(dictionary)
Vampire(medicine)
vampire(dictionary)
vampire bat(dictionary)
vampire(encyclopedia)
vampire bat(encyclopedia)
vampire(dictionary)
Anti-Vampire Garlic Bites(recipes)
Rosemary Pork with Vampire Fighter' s Garlic(recipes)

vampire bat (oh) and waxbill (iou)


vampire bat (oh)



n [C]
a South American bat that sucks the blood of Other animals

waxbill (iou)



waxbill noun. M18.
[from WAX noun1 + BILL noun2.]
Any of numerous small finchlike birds of the African genus Estrilda (family Estrildidae), whose bills have a waxy appearance; spec. (more fully common waxbill) the red-billed E. astrild. Also, a bird of any of several Other genera of this family.
swee waxbill, violet-eared waxbill, yellow-bellied waxbill, etc.