bloodsucking |
leech |
As an adjective bloodsucking
is (of an animal) that draws off the blood of another animal.
As a noun leech is
an aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class hirudinea, especially or
leech can be (archaic) a physician or
leech can be (nautical) the vertical edge of a square sail.
As a verb leech is
to apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
