hematophagous

hematophagous — adjective

  • hematophagouspositive
  • more hematophagouscomparative
  • most hematophagoussuperlative

1. describing an animal or insect that obtains nourishment by consuming the blood o

1.形容詞C2
釋義

describing an animal or insect that obtains nourishment by consuming the blood of other living creatures as a regular part of its diet.

例句

Kofi read about hematophagous leeches during his biology class.

The research team studied hematophagous parasites in the tropical forest.

common in formal scientific descriptions of organisms

同義詞
  • blood-sucking

    less formal, more common in everyday language and journalism

  • sanguivorous

    a rarer scientific synonym, almost exclusively used in specialist zoological literature

反義詞

文法句型

hematophagous + noun (hematophagous insect)

be + hematophagous (mosquitoes are hematophagous)

用法筆記

Primarily appears in scientific and formal biological writing. Not used in everyday conversation, where phrases such as 'blood-sucking' or 'blood-feeding' are preferred instead.

常見錯誤

❌The wound was hematophagous.
✅The leech was hematophagous.
💡hematophagous describes the organism that feeds on blood, not the wound or the blood itself.
❌She felt hematophagous after donating blood.
✅Vampire bats are hematophagous.
💡hematophagous applies to animals as a biological trait, not to human sensations or temporary states.