bloodsucker
An animal or insect that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood…An animal or insect that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a leech, mosquito etc.
Meaning
5 sensesAn animal or insect that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a leech, mosquito etc.
Blutsauger, Blutsaugerin
кровопи́йцаkrovopíjca, кровосо́сkrovosós
кровопи́вецьkrovopývecʹ, кровосмо́кkrovosmók, кровосо́сkrovosós
Someone who sheds blood; a bloodthirsty person; a violent criminal.
(derogatory, figuratively)Someone who preys on others, or who attempts to take as much from others as possible; an extortioner; a leech.
Blutsauger, Blutsaugerin
кровопи́йцаkrovopíjca, вымога́тельvymogátelʹ, эксплуата́торekspluatátor
кровопи́вецьkrovopývecʹ, кровопи́вцяkrovopývcja
A supernatural being who feeds on (especially human) blood; a vampire.
Any of various lizards of the family Agamidae, especially the changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor) of Asia, and the jacky dragon of Australia, Amphibolurus muricatus).
- carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
Examples
2 sentencesNow he believed that he had caught the bloodsucker in the act of attaching himself to another prey.
Show me a capitalist and I'll show you a bloodsucker.
Translations
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Origin
From blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish colorFrom blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.
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Forms
plural: bloodsuckersSynonyms
2 synonyms- carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end:leechhirudinean
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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