Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Feeding on blood-corpuscles: said of the Plasmodium of malaria and kindred diseases.
- Feeding upon blood, as do some insects and the bats of the genus Desmodus.
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- adjective
Feeding onblood .
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Examples
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Transmission of RVF virus by hematophagous (blood-feeding) flies is also possible.
Find Me A Cure 2008
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Mostly the scent of carbon dioxide and lactic acid, two compounds that indicate to the hematophagous — or blood-sucking — pests that their next landing pad is nearby.
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