blooder

English

Etymology

From Middle English bloder, equivalent to blood +‎ -er.

Noun

blooder (plural blooders)

  1. A person or creature which draws blood
  2. A bloodsucker
    • 1810, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, page 278:
      The bat is so dexterous a blooder, as to insinuate its tongue into a vein without being perceived, it then sucks the blood till it is satiated, all the while fanning with its wings, and agitating the air […]

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