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bloedzuiger — meaning in English

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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.

Senses

bloedzuiger is used for these senses in English:

  • bloodsucker An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
  • leech An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
  • leech (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.

bloodsucker — full definition

  1. noun A creature, such as a leech or mosquito, that feeds by sucking blood.
  2. noun (informal) A person who exploits or drains others for personal gain.

leech — full definition

  1. noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
  2. noun A person who takes advantage of others without giving anything back.
  3. verb To drain something, such as money or resources, without contributing in return.

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