кърлеж — meaning in English
karlezh
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English meaning
- bloodsucker noun A creature, such as a leech or mosquito, that feeds by sucking blood.
- leech noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
- mite noun A tiny eight-legged creature related to ticks, often too small to see clearly.
- tick noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.
Senses
кърлеж is used for these senses in English:
- bloodsucker (figurative, derogatory) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
- castor oil plant A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.
- harvest mite Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.
- leech (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
- mite Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
- tick A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
bloodsucker — full definition
- noun A creature, such as a leech or mosquito, that feeds by sucking blood.
- noun (informal) A person who exploits or drains others for personal gain.
leech — full definition
- noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
- noun A person who takes advantage of others without giving anything back.
- verb To drain something, such as money or resources, without contributing in return.