bloodsucker (redirected from Bloodsuckers)

blood·suck·er  (bldskr)

n.

1. An animal, such as a leech, that sucks blood.

2. An extortionist or a blackmailer.

3. A person who is intrusively or overly dependent upon another; a parasite.

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bloodsucking adj.

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bloodsucker [ˈblʌdˌsʌkə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an animal that sucks blood, esp a leech or mosquito

2. a person or thing that preys upon another person, esp by extorting money

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bloodsucker - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end hirudinean, leech annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm - worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally class Hirudinea, Hirudinea - hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids Hirudo medicinalis, medicinal leech - large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting horseleech - any of several large freshwater leeches

Translations

bloodsucker [ˈblʌdsʌkəʳ] N (Zool, fig) → sanguijuela f

bloodsucker [ˈblʌdˌsʌkəʳ] n (also) (fig) → sanguisuga

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bloodsucker [ˈblʌdˌsʌkəʳ] n (also) (fig) → sanguisuga