bloodsucking

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blood·suck·er

(blŭd′sŭk′ər)

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.

blood′suck′ing adj.

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Adj.	1.	bloodsucking - drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects" bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"
	2.	bloodsucking - of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence" leechlike, parasitical, parasitic dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture"

bloodsucking

adjective

Of or characteristic of a parasite:

parasitic, parasitical.

Slang: freeloading.

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At length, however, we reached the shadows of the forest, while right behind us sprang the swiftest of our pursuers--a giant plant man with claws outreaching to fasten his bloodsucking mouths upon us.

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A woman has shared her gruesome injury after being bitten by a bloodsucking fly that has invaded parts of the UK.

Woman's horrific injury after bloodsucking fly leaves her with 'throbbing' face; Bloodsucking Blandford flies have descended upon parts of the UK, resulting in some people suffering pus-filled bites

Plagues of bloodsucking flies whose bites can cause blisters and bring on a fever have invaded the UK.

Swarms of bloodsucking Blandford flies plaguing country as warm weather continues; Bites from the pest can brig on serious reaction including fever and blisters

While the tax collecting agency is taking effective steps, it must also crackdown against the bloodsucking, corrupt and bribe-taking government officials.

Action against corrupt govt officials

Other factors impacting the grouse include infestations by bloodsucking ticks - the insects, as well as the landed gentry.

Sickening sight of big shots targeting prey

A public health expert has warned of an increase in the number of bloodsucking flies with a bite that can leave people with serious side effects.

Warning over blood-sucking flies which give their victims a fever; The hot weather is known to bring the bugs out, and unfortunately that is also true of the Blandford fly

So spare us any ragsto-riches cap doffing to an avaricious fracker when this smug Brextremist is the unacceptable face of global bloodsucking. Ratcliffe is the council house boy who forgot where he came from.

A FRACKING DISGRACE

I've shelled out for the smelly shampoos and the fine-tooth combs and put up with all the wriggling and complaining involved in getting rid of my children's disgusting bloodsucking parasites.

Nit my idea of bonding with the kids

You may know about fleas, vampire bats and leeches, but how about bloodsucking birds, butterflies and snails?

Bite into Bloodsuckers (Up Close with Animals)

Together with his secret lover - the daughter of vampire king Viktor - Lucian raises an army worthy of taking on their bloodsucking oppressors, beginning a centuries-long conflict.

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Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany; Spanish aspects of his work, including his Spanish-language monsters and the figure of the traumatized child and the supernatural in the Spanish civil war films; the relationship between children and the monstrous in The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Mama, and Mimic, as well as in contrast to Hesiod's Theogony and Frankenstein; his use of insects, particularly bloodsucking bugs, as he adapts traditional European vampire narratives to Latin American contexts, previously explored by Horacio Quiroga; and alternative readings of Pan's Labyrinth in terms of Nietzsche and menstruation.

The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro: Critical Essays

In Kazakhstan, the study of bloodsucking midges was initiated in the 60s of the 20th century, mostly in the mountainous regions (Tien Shan and south-western Altai) [4].

Biological control of the blood-feeding midges during 2014 in the middle course of the Irtysh River

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