hemovore

hemovore

English

Alternative forms

• haemovore

Etymology

hemo- +‎ -vore

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: he‧mo‧vore

Noun

hemovore (plural hemovores)

1. (biology) An organism that ingests blood as the main part of its diet; examples of hemovores include leeches, fleas, ticks, mosquitos, vampire bats, and the vampire ground finch.

Synonyms

• vampire

Related terms

• hematology
• hematophagy
• haematophagy
• hematophagia
• hemoglobin
• hemotoxin

Translations

blood-drinking animal

Chinese: Mandarin: 食血動物／食血动物 (shíxuě dòngwù) Finnish: verenimijä (fi) Japanese: 血食動物 (ちしょくどうぶつ, chishoku dōbutsu) Khmer: លោហិតាសី (lo het ta sei) Turkish: kanla beslenen

See also

• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• herbivore
• insectivore
  • entomophagy
• omnivore