hemovore
English
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- Hyphenation: he‧mo‧vore
Noun
hemovore (plural hemovores)
- (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.
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blood-drinking animal
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