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bloodsucker

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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.

bloodsucking adj.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bloodsuckerbloodsucker - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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
bloodsucker [ˈblʌdˌsʌkəʳ] n (also) (fig) → sanguisuga


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If there’s a bloodsucker in this 'ere county, it’s that very chap.
I think that I love society as much as most, and am ready enough to fasten myself like a bloodsucker for the time to any full-blooded man that comes in my way.
 
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