bloodsucker (noun)

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• bloodsucker — noun Date: 14th century 1. an animal that sucks blood; especially leech 2. a person who sponges or preys on another • bloodsucking adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bloodsucker — noun a) One who drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound. b) By extension, any parasite …   Wiktionary

• bloodsucker — noun an animal or insect that sucks blood, especially a leech or a mosquito. Derivatives bloodsucking adjective …   English new terms dictionary

• bloodsucker — noun (C) 1 (C) a creature that sucks blood from the body of other animals 2 informal someone who always uses other people s money or help …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bloodsucker — UK [ˈblʌdˌsʌkə(r)] / US [ˈblʌdˌsʌkər] noun [countable] Word forms bloodsucker : singular bloodsucker plural bloodsuckers 1) an insect that feeds on the blood of animals or people 2) informal someone who expects other people to provide them with… …   English dictionary

• bloodsucker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. leech, parasite; tick, mosquito, etc.; extortionist. See animal, acquisition. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who depends on another for support without reciprocating: hanger on, leech, parasite,… …   English dictionary for students

• bloodsucker — blood|suck|er [ blʌd,sʌkər ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL someone who expects other people to provide them with money, food, etc. and does not make any effort to provide it for themselves 2. ) an insect that feeds on the blood of animals or people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bloodsucker — /ˈblʌdsʌkə / (say bludsukuh) noun 1. any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech. 2. → jacky lizard. 3. → waratah anemone. 4. Colloquial an extortionist. 5. Colloquial a person who sponges on others. –bloodsucking, adjective …  

• hirudinean — noun carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end • Syn: ↑leech, ↑bloodsucker • Derivationally related forms: ↑leech (for: ↑leech) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Hirudinea — noun hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids • Syn: ↑class Hirudinea • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Annelida, ↑phylum Annelida • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• horsefly — noun (plural horseflies) a stoutly built fly, the female of which is a bloodsucker and inflicts painful bites on horses and other large mammals. [Haematopota pluvialis and other species, family Tabanidae.] …   English new terms dictionary