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bloodsucker

 
Dictionary: blood·suck·er   (blŭd'sŭk'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. An animal, such as a leech, that sucks blood.
  2. An extortionist or a blackmailer.
  3. A person who is intrusively or overly dependent upon another; a parasite.
bloodsucking blood'suck'ing adj.

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noun

    One who depends on another for support without reciprocating: hanger-on, leech, parasite, sponge. Slang freeloader. See dependence/independence.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
  Synonyms: leech, hirudinean


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - blodsuger

Nederlands (Dutch)
bloedzuiger, afperser

Français (French)
n. - sangsue, parasite

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blutegel, Blutsauger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βδέλλα

Italiano (Italian)
sanguisuga

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sanguessuga (f), parasita (m) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
пиявка, кровосос, шулер

Español (Spanish)
n. - sanguijuela, chupasangre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blodsugande djur, blodsugare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
吸血动物, 吸血鬼, 水蛭, 榨取金钱的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吸血動物, 吸血鬼, 水蛭, 榨取金錢的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 거머리, 흡혈귀, 식객

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 吸血動物, 吸血鬼, 強欲な人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مصاص دماء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סחטן, עלוקה‬


 
 
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