bloodsucker (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *bloodsucker*:
NOUN	animal	bloodsucker, leech, hirudinean	carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

bloodsucker > pronunciation
Sounds	blah'dsah.ker
Rhymes	acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker...

English > *bloodsucker*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
Synonyms	leech, hirudinean
Member of	Hirudinea, class Hirudinea	hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial or parasitic annelids
Narrower	horseleech	Any of several large freshwater leeches
Narrower	medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis	large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
Broader	annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm	worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
Spanish	hirudinea, hirudinean, hirudíneo, sanguijuela
Catalan	hirudinean, hirudini, sangonera

HyperDic: bloodsucker