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  1. sanguivorousadjective

    That feeds on blood; blood-sucking, hematophagous

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  1. sanguivorous

    Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy or hematophagia) is the practice by certain animals of feeding on blood (from the Greek words αἷμα haima "blood" and φαγεῖν phagein "to eat"). Since blood is a fluid tissue rich in nutritious proteins and lipids that can be taken without great effort, hematophagy is a preferred form of feeding for many small animals, such as worms and arthropods. Some intestinal nematodes, such as Ancylostomatids, feed on blood extracted from the capillaries of the gut, and about 75 percent of all species of leeches (e.g., Hirudo medicinalis) are hematophagous. The spider Evarcha culicivora feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by specializing on blood-filled female mosquitoes as their preferred prey. Some fish, such as lampreys and candirus, and mammals, especially the vampire bats, and birds, such as the vampire finches, hood mockingbirds, the Tristan thrush, and oxpeckers also practise hematophagy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sanguivorousadjective

    subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire

  2. Etymology: [L. sanguis blood + vorare to devour.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sanguivorous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sanguivorous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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