bloodsucker

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Noun

bloodsucker (plural bloodsuckers)

1. An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
2. (by extension) Any parasite.
3. (by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
4. A vampire.

Related terms

• bloodsucking

Translations

• French: suceur de sang, suceuse de sang
• German: Blutsauger, Blutsaugerin
• Portuguese: sugador/chupador de sangue
• Russian: кровопи́йца
• Spanish: sanguijuela

Translations

• French: sangsue (a leech#English|leech)
• German: Blutsauger
• Portuguese: sanguessuga, parasita
• Russian: кровопи́йца
• Spanish: sanguijuela, chupasangre, chupóptero (Spain)

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