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[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.
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2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty
of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
extortioner.
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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]