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sanguisuga — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • leech noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
  • sucker noun A person who is easily fooled or persuaded.

Senses

sanguisuga is used for these senses in English:

  • sucker A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.
  • sucker An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.

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.

sucker — full definition

  1. noun A person who is easily fooled or persuaded.
  2. noun A round, sucking organ or structure that helps something stick to a surface.
  3. noun A lollipop or piece of hard candy meant to be sucked.

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