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• s  drawing blood from the body of another
  a plague of bloodsucking insects
• s  of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
  bloodsucking blackmailer

• It is believed by many that some species of biting and bloodsucking insect is guilty, and further work on the suspects is projected.
• In Crichton's novel, eccentric zillionaire John Hammond funds a project to clone dinosaur DNA taken from bloodsucking insects that were trapped in ancient amber to "bring them back .
• A field guide to bloodsucking fiends through the ages This article contains a table.

• parasitic
• parasitical
• leechlike

News & Articles

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• They're coming, and they're hungry
  They're coming, and they're hungry Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 6:59 am, Monday, June 17, 2013 A break in the weather, coupled with higher temperatures, will speed up the mosquitoes' life cycle, leading to a rapid buildup of the bloodsucking insects most often associated with ...
  June 17, 2013 - Albany Times Union

Quotes

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• Brad Paisley in Carlisle Independent
  If you think the song is gross, you're missing the point,Paisley said. "It's not about bloodsucking bugs. It's about a guy flirting with a girl and in trying to tell her he's interested in her, he's using a term that's about as country as...
• Uwe Boll in GameDAILY BIZ
  Rayne's still using her swords to fight with, but she also has weapons because it's the Wild West,said Boll. "It will be a darker, creepier atmosphere with lots of vampire bloodsucking, but not the type of butchering we did with the first...