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Meaning of hematophagy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˌhiː.məˈtɒf.ə.dʒɪ/

Definitions

The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.

uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština hematofagie
Polski hematofag

Examples

“Most Lower brachyceran taxa also have nectarivorous or related fluid diets..., although a few basal clades have shifted to predominantly hematophagy; particularly the Spaniidae, Anthericidae, Xylophagidae, and certain lineages within the Tabanidae.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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