"bloodsucker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bloodsuckers [plural]
Etymology: From blood + sucker. Sense 5 (“changeable lizard”) is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blood|sucker|notext=1|type=endocentric}} blood + sucker Head templates: {{en-noun}} bloodsucker (plural bloodsuckers)
  1. An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore. Translations (animal that drinks the blood of others): крывапі́вец (kryvapívjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), крывасмо́к (kryvasmók) [masculine] (Belarusian), кръвопи́ец (krǎvopíec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кръвопи́йка (krǎvopíjka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 吸血動物 (Chinese Mandarin), 吸血动物 (xīxuè dòngwù) (english: animal) (Chinese Mandarin), 吸血者 (xīxuèzhě) (english: human or animal) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲟⲩⲁⲙⲥⲛⲟϥ (ouamsnof) (Coptic), pijavice [feminine] (Czech), pijavka [feminine] (Czech), blodsuger [common-gender] (Danish), bloedzuiger [masculine] (Dutch), bloeddrinker [masculine] (Dutch), verenimijä (Finnish), suceur de sang [masculine] (French), suceuse de sang [feminine] (French), samesuga [feminine] (Galician), sanguesuga [feminine] (Galician), Blutsauger [masculine] (German), Blutsaugerin [feminine] (German), súmaire (fola) [masculine] (Irish), 吸血動物 (kyūketsu dōbutusu) (english: animal) (alt: きゅうけつどうぶつ) (Japanese), 흡혈동물 (heuphyeoldongmul) (alt: 吸血動物) (Korean), кан ичер (kan icer) [feminine, masculine] (Kyrgyz), кан соргуч (kan sorguc) [masculine] (Kyrgyz), цус сорогч (cus sorogč) (Mongolian), krwiopijca [masculine] (Polish), sugador/chupador de sangue [masculine] (Portuguese), кровопи́йца (krovopíjca) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), кровосо́с (krovosós) [masculine] (Russian), крво̀пија [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), krvòpija [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sanguijuela [feminine] (Spanish), blodsugare [common-gender] (Swedish), кровопи́вець (krovopývecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кровосмо́к (krovosmók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кровосо́с (krovosós) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bloodsucker-en-noun-Z8r6gto9 Disambiguation of 'animal that drinks the blood of others': 87 3 8 0 2
  2. (by extension) Any parasite. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-bloodsucker-en-noun-HxKT0eEh
  3. (by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech. Tags: broadly Synonyms: gadfly Translations (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible): крывапі́вец (kryvapívjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), кръвопи́ец (krǎvopíec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кръвопи́йка (krǎvopíjka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), къ́рлеж (kǎ́rlež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 吸血鬼 (xīxuèguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), vyděrač [masculine] (Czech), vydřiduch [masculine] (Czech), vampier [masculine] (Dutch), bloeddrinker [masculine] (Dutch), verenimijä (Finnish), sangsue (english: a leech) [feminine] (French), Blutsauger [masculine] (German), Blutsaugerin [feminine] (German), эзүүчү (ezüücü) [feminine, masculine] (Kyrgyz), blodsuger [masculine] (Norwegian), krwiopijca [masculine] (Polish), krwiopijczyni [feminine] (Polish), chulo [masculine] (Portuguese), chupista [masculine] (Portuguese), parasita [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), sanguessuga [feminine] (Portuguese), кровопи́йца (krovopíjca) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), вымога́тель (vymogátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), эксплуата́тор (ekspluatátor) [masculine] (Russian), chupasangre (Spanish), chupóptero [Spain] (Spanish), sanguijuela [feminine] (Spanish), mnyonya-damu (Swahili), blodsugare [common-gender] (Swedish), utsugare [common-gender] (Swedish), кровопи́вець (krovopývecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кровопи́вця (krovopývcja) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bloodsucker-en-noun-uriPp6mS Disambiguation of 'one who attempts to take as much from others as possible': 3 3 94 0 1
  4. A vampire.
    Sense id: en-bloodsucker-en-noun-RGtGNbNf
  5. The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor). Categories (lifeform): Agamid lizards
    Sense id: en-bloodsucker-en-noun-hJQBqCNK Disambiguation of Agamid lizards: 17 13 8 2 60 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 17 26 17 4 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 19 12 1 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 19 13 1 50
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Synonyms: blood-sucker, bloudsucker, bloud-sucker [obsolete] Related terms: bloodsucking

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          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krovopíjca",
          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кровопи́йца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 8 0 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krovosós",
          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "кровосо́с"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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          "word": "крво̀пија"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sanguijuela"
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          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "blodsugare"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 8 0 2",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "krovopývecʹ",
          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "кровопи́вець"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 8 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "krovosmók",
          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "кровосмо́к"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "krovosós",
          "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kryvapívjec",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "крывапі́вец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "krǎvopíec",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кръвопи́ец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "krǎvopíjka",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кръвопи́йка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kǎ́rlež",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "къ́рлеж"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīxuèguǐ",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "word": "吸血鬼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vyděrač"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vydřiduch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vampier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bloeddrinker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "word": "verenimijä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "english": "a leech",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sangsue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Blutsauger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Blutsaugerin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ezüücü",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "эзүүчү"
        },
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          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "blodsuger"
        },
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          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
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          "word": "krwiopijca"
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          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "krwiopijczyni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chupista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 94 0 1",
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      "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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      "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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      "sense": "animal that drinks the blood of others",
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      "word": "parasita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanguessuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krovopíjca",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кровопи́йца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vymogátelʹ",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вымога́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekspluatátor",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эксплуата́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "word": "chupasangre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "chupóptero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanguijuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "word": "mnyonya-damu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blodsugare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utsugare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krovopývecʹ",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кровопи́вець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krovopývcja",
      "sense": "one who attempts to take as much from others as possible",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кровопи́вця"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bloodsucker"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": extortioner vs. vymogátelʹ",
  "path": [
    "bloodsucker"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bloodsucker",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": exploiter vs. ekspluatátor",
  "path": [
    "bloodsucker"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bloodsucker",
  "trace": ""
}

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