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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end;
[syn: leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bloodsucker \Blood"suck`er\, n. 1. (Zool.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. [1913 Webster] 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bloodsucker n 1: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end [syn: leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "bloodsucker": barnacle, bedbug, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, freeloader, hanger-on, harpy, leech, lounge lizard, moocher, mosquito, parasite, predator, profiteer, racketeer, raptor, scrounge, scrounger, shakedown artist, shark, spiv, sponge, sponger, sucker, tick, vampire, vulture, wood tick