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hematophagous

[he″mah-tof´ah-gus]

subsisting on blood.

he·ma·toph·a·gous

(hē'mă-tof'ă-gŭs, hem'ă-),

Subsisting on blood.

[hemato- + G. phagō, to eat]

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