Bloodsucker (Noun)
Meaning
Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Some fishermen think of lampreys as mere pests and not fish, others categorize them with leeches and eels as bloodsuckers.
- Leeches and other bloodsuckers also live in freshwater lakes and ponds.
- He knew that vampire squid and deep-sea fish had bioluminescent lures on their bodies to draw in prey, like bloodsuckers using scent glands to attract hosts.
- Leeches, often referred to inaccurately as bloodsuckers, were used to treat dizziness, epilepsy, and other illnesses.
- Leeches and other bloodsuckers are kept in a special vivarium in the National Museum of Natural History.