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Hemovore vs Hematophagy - What's the difference?

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Hematophagy is a related term of hemovore.



As nouns the difference between hemovore and hematophagy

is that hemovore is an organism that ingests blood as the main part of its diet; examples of hemovores include leeches, mosquitos, and vampire bats while hematophagy is the practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.

hemovore

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) An organism that ingests blood as the main part of its diet; examples of hemovores include leeches, mosquitos, and vampire bats.

    • Related terms

    * hematology * hematophagy * haematophagy * hematophagia * hemoglobin * hemotoxin

    Synonyms

    * plasmavore * vampire

    See also

    * carnivore * folivore * frugivore * herbivore * insectivore * omnivore

    hematophagy

    English

    (wikipedia hematophagy)

    Alternative forms

    * haematophagy

    Noun

    (-)
  • The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
  • * 2005 , Conrad C. Labandeira, "Fossil History and Evolutionary Ecology of Diptera and Their Associations with Plants", in'' David K. Yeates & Brian M. Wiegmann (editors), ''The Evolutionary Biology of Flies , page 239
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * hematophagia

    Related terms

    * hematophagous * hemovore