feeding on blood

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• feeding behaviour — Any action of an animal directed toward obtaining nutrients. Each species evolves methods of searching for, obtaining, and ingesting food for which it can successfully compete. Some species eat only one type of food, others a variety. Among… …   Universalium

• blood meal — noun the dried and powdered blood of animals • Hypernyms: ↑feed, ↑provender * * * noun : the ground dried blood of animals characterized by a high protein content and used for feeding livestock and as a nitrogenous fertilizer * * * the dried… …   Useful english dictionary

• Blood: The Last Vampire — For the 2009 live action adaptation of this film, see Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 film). Blood: The Last Vampire Japanese poster for Blood: The Last Vampire Genre Action, Horror …   Wikipedia

• Blood Fever — Infobox Book name = Blood Fever title orig = translator = image caption = Puffin Books 2006 British paperback edition. author = Charlie Higson illustrator = cover artist = Kev Walker (U.S. 1st hardback ed.) country = United Kingdom language =… …   Wikipedia

• Blood parrot cichlid — The Blood parrot (also known as bloody parrot and blood parrotfish; no binomial nomenclature) is a hybrid cichlid. The fish was first created in Taiwan in around 1986.cite web | url = http://www.aquafriend.com/modules.php?op=modload name=News… …   Wikipedia

• Blood meal — For animals that feed on blood, see Hematophagy. Blood meal is a dry, inert powder made from blood used as a high nitrogen fertilizer and a high protein animal feed. N= 13.25%, P = 1.0%, K = 0.6%. It is one of the highest non synthetic sources of …   Wikipedia

• Blood sport — Bloodsport or blood sport is any sport or entertainment that involves violence against animals.Bloodsport includes coursing or beagling, combat sports such as cockfighting, or other activities. These usually involve blood being drawn, and… …   Wikipedia

• feeding frenzy — noun a) A wild, turbulent situation in which multiple sharks or other predatory fish attack a food species simultaneously in competition with each other. When the terrified, bleeding cow was washed overboard into the river, the hungry piranhas… …   Wiktionary

• Blood horse — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. {Walrus}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus {Equus}; especially, the domestic horse… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• blood meal — noun dried blood used for feeding animals and as a fertilizer …   English new terms dictionary

• List of feeding behaviours — Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffix vore from Latin vorare, meaning to devour , or phagy, from Greek φαγειν, meaning to eat . Mosquito drinking blood …   Wikipedia