"chupacabras" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chupacabras [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{af|es|chupa|cabra|alt2=cabras|nocat=1|t1=it sucks|t2=goats}} chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”) Head templates: {{en-noun|chupacabras}} chupacabras (plural chupacabras)
  1. (cryptozoology) A legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas dating from the 1990s, supposed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats. Categories (topical): Cryptozoology Translations (mythical Western legend): تشوباكابرا (Arabic), chupacabra [masculine] (French), τσουπακάμπρα (tsoupakámpra) [neuter] (Greek), チュパカブラ (Japanese), 추파카브라 (chupakabeura) (Korean), चुपाकाब्रा (cupākābrā) [masculine] (Marathi), chupa-cabra [masculine] (Portuguese), чупака́бра (čupakábra) [feminine] (Russian), chupacabras [masculine] (Spanish), Çupakabra (Turkish), çupakabra (Turkish), чупака́бра (čupakábra) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chupacabras-en-noun-kzCfrbo0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology

Noun

Etymology: From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{af|es|chupa|cabra|alt2=cabras|nocat=1|t1=it sucks|t2=goats}} chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} chupacabras
  1. plural of chupacabra Tags: form-of, plural Form of: chupacabra Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
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