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verenimijä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bloodsucker noun A creature, such as a leech or mosquito, that feeds by sucking blood.
  • hemovore noun 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.
  • leech noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
  • shark noun A large predatory fish with a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone, known for its rows of sharp teeth.

Senses

verenimijä is used for these senses in English:

  • hemovore (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.
  • leech (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
  • shark Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

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.

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