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BLOODSUCKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodsucker mean? 

BLOODSUCKER (noun)
  The noun BLOODSUCKER has 1 sense:

1. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each endplay

  Familiarity information: BLOODSUCKER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOODSUCKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bloodsucker; hirudinean; leech

Hypernyms ("bloodsucker" is a kind of...):

annelid; annelid worm; segmented worm (worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bloodsucker"):

Hirudo medicinalis; medicinal leech (large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting)

horseleech (any of several large freshwater leeches)

Holonyms ("bloodsucker" is a member of...):

class Hirudinea; Hirudinea (hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids)


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