bloodsuckerˈblʌdˌsʌk ər
bloodsucker (n)
- plural
- bloodsuckers
English Definitions:
leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean (noun)
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
bloodsucker (Noun)
One who drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
bloodsucker (Noun)
By extension, any parasite.
bloodsucker (Noun)
By extension, one who attempts to take as much from others as possible.
bloodsucker (Noun)
A vampire.
bloodsucker
Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy or hematophagia) is the practice by certain animals of feeding on blood (from the Greek words αἷμα haima "blood" and φαγεῖν phagein "to eat"). Since blood is a fluid tissue rich in nutritious proteins and lipids that can be taken without great effort, hematophagy is a preferred form of feeding for many small animals, such as worms and arthropods. Some intestinal nematodes, such as Ancylostomatids, feed on blood extracted from the capillaries of the gut, and about 75 percent of all species of leeches (e.g., Hirudo medicinalis) are hematophagous. The spider Evarcha culicivora feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by specializing on blood-filled female mosquitoes as their preferred prey. Some fish, such as lampreys and candirus, and mammals, especially the vampire bats, and birds, such as the vampire finches, hood mockingbirds, the Tristan thrush, and oxpeckers also practise hematophagy.
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