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Webster 1913 Edition


Sanguivorous

San-guiv′o-rous

,
Adj.
[L.
sanguis
blood +
vorare
to devour.]
(Zool.)
Subsisting upon blood; – said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See
Vampire
.

Definition 2024


sanguivorous

sanguivorous

English

Adjective

sanguivorous (comparative more sanguivorous, superlative most sanguivorous)

  1. That feeds on blood; bloodsucking, hematophagous

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