Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Desmodont \Des"mo*dont\, n. [Gr. desmo`s bond + ?, ?, tooth.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of
   the genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.