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bloodsucker

noun
/ˈblʌdˌsʌkɚ/US

Etymology

From blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.

  1. inherited from souker
  2. compounded as bloodsucker — “blood + sucker”

Definitions

  1. An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture…

    An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

  2. Any parasite.

  3. Any mosquito, gnat, midge, or other small bug which consumes human blood.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. One who attempts to take as much from others as possible

      One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.

    2. A vampire.

    3. The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).

The neighborhood

Derived

bloodsuckery

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bloodsucker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA