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# bloodsucker

noun (a bloodsucker, bloodsuckers)

«bloodsucker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An animal that sucks blood, such as a leech, a mosquito, a tick or a vampire bat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#m1)
2. (informal, rude) A person who takes money from others or uses them unfairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#m2)
3. (stories) A vampire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about animals and food chains, bloodsuckers feed on the blood of other animals. In everyday speech, people may call greedy landlords or loan sharks «bloodsuckers» as an insult. Safety: check for ticks after walks in long grass.

### Examples

- Mosquitoes are tiny bloodsuckers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#x1)
- A leech is a bloodsucker that lives in ponds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#x2)
- Vampire bats are bloodsuckers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#x3)
- He called the greedy landlord a bloodsucker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#x4)
- In the story, the bloodsucker came out only at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#x5)
- Ticks are bloodsuckers, so check your legs after hiking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/#x6)

### Note

One word. Calling a person a bloodsucker is an insult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bloodsucker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodsucker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bloodsucker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bloodsucker.html) on Mova free.