bloodsucker
- An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
- (broadly) Any parasite.
- (broadly) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
- A vampire.
- The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
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Etymology
From blood + sucker. Sense 5 (“changeable lizard”) is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.
Blutsauger
sanguijuela
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sanguisuga pijawka
sanguessuga krwiopijca
sangonera
bloeddrinker
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