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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloodsucker \Blood"suck`er\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech ({Hirudo medicinalis}), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bloodsucker n : carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end [syn: {leech}, {hirudinean}]
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