hemovore

English

Alternative forms

haemovore

Etymology

hemo- +‎ -vore

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: he‧mo‧vore

Noun

hemovore (plural hemovores)

(biology) An organism that ingests blood as the main part of its diet; examples of hemovores include leeches, fleas, ticks, mosquitos, vampire bats, and the vampire ground finch.

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Translations

blood-drinking animal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 食血動物, 食血动物 (shíxuě dòngwù)
Finnish: verenimijä (fi)

Japanese: 血食動物 (ちしょくどうぶつ, chishoku dōbutsu)
Khmer: លោហិតាសី (lo het ta sei)
Turkish: kanla beslenen

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